Birthdays
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Turns 35 on this date
Marcellus Ephraim Jones
Turns 30 on this date
James Knox
Turns 53 on this date
Beverly Holcombe Robertson
Turns 33 on this date
Marcus Joseph Wright
Turns 29 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Divided Alabama Democratic Party holds two separate nominating conventions in Montgomery |
06/04/1860 to 06/06/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Horatio Seymour withdraws his name from any consideration for the Democratic presidential nomination | 06/05/1860 |
| Personal | Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson, dies in Trenton, New Jersey | 06/05/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Tornado strikes Putnam and Morgan Counties in west central Indiana | 06/05/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Virginia Republican arrested for circulating anti-southern literature | 06/05/1860 |