Birthdays
Rush Elmore
Turns 41 on this date
Richard W. Johnson
Turns 33 on this date
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Turns 53 on this date
James Madison Marvin
Turns 51 on this date
William Pape
Turns 10 on this date
Edward Alfred Pollard
Turns 29 on this date
John Locke Scripps
Turns 42 on this date
John William Clark Watson
Turns 52 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Abraham Lincoln speaks before the Cooper Union in New York City | 02/27/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Powerful gales wreak havoc across the British Isles and north-west Europe |
02/27/1860 to 02/28/1860 |
| Business/Industry | Seven hundred striking shoemakers march from Lynn to Marblehead | 02/27/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Speech | Abraham Lincoln, Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860 | 02/27/1860 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Terrible Catastrophe,” February 27, 1860 | 02/27/1860 |