Birthdays
William Beatty Archer
Turns 67 on this date
Samuel Chapman Armstrong
Turns 21 on this date
Nathaniel Prentice Banks
Turns 44 on this date
Flavel Clingan Barber
Turns 30 on this date
Alfred Cumming Jr.
Turns 31 on this date
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Turns 58 on this date
William Coffee Gill
Turns 41 on this date
Joseph Warren Keifer
Turns 24 on this date
Edwin Vose Sumner
Turns 63 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Paper mill burns in Northampton, Massachusetts | 01/30/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Republicans replace John Sherman with William Pennington in the Speaker's election struggle | 01/30/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Harper’s Ferry Items,” January 30, 1860 | 01/30/1860 |
| Newspaper | Savannah (GA) News,“The Negro Riots in Canada,” January 30, 1860 | 01/30/1860 |