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 |