Birthdays
Charles John Biddle
Turns 41 on this date
Theodore Myers Carson
Turns 26 on this date
John Kenney
Turns 30 on this date
William Maclay Lyon
Turns 51 on this date
Andrew Jackson Wilcox
Turns 25 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | A thousand Navajo launch an attack on Fort Defiance in New Mexico | 04/30/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Democrats hold their National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina |
04/23/1860 to 05/01/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | U.S. Navy delivers captured American slave ship with 507 African slaves aboard to Key West, Florida | 04/30/1860 |