Birthdays
Joseph Emerson Brown
Turns 39 on this date
Mary Ann Day Brown
Turns 43 on this date
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Sherman
Turns 38 on this date
Edmund Strother Dargan
Turns 55 on this date
John Adams Halderman
Turns 27 on this date
Catesby Ap Roger Jones
Turns 39 on this date
Evander McNair
Turns 40 on this date
Horace Porter
Turns 23 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A California legislator shot and stabbed by a lobbyist on the floor of the Assembly dies of his wounds | 04/15/1860 |
| US/the World | Inhabitants of Nice voting in a plebiscite on whether their district will become part of France |
04/15/1860 to 04/16/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |