Birthdays

Josiah Henson
Turns 71 on this date

Joseph Mahon
Turns 55 on this date

John Andrew Munroe
Turns 25 on this date

Charles Henry Smith
Turns 34 on this date

Charles Crooke Suydam
Turns 24 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | After more than three months, the U.S. Senate releases Thaddeus Hyatt from the Washington Jail | 06/15/1860 |
US/the World | At Baden in Germany, Emperor Napoleon III meets with the leaders of several German states |
06/15/1860 to 06/16/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | Fourth national convention of the National Quarantine and Sanitation Association held in Boston |
06/14/1860 to 06/16/1860 |
US/the World | Mexican liberals gain control of Guadalajara | 06/15/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | (Jackson) Mississippian, “Violations of the Constitution,” June 15, 1860 | 06/15/1860 |
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The News from Italy!,” June 15, 1860 | 06/15/1860 |