Birthdays
Luke Pryor Blackburn
Turns 44 on this date
Marcus Lafayette Gordon
Turns 23 on this date
David Edgar Herold
Turns 18 on this date
Eli Long
Turns 23 on this date
Wesley Merritt
Turns 26 on this date
Robert Franklin Thompson
Turns 29 on this date
Israel Washburn Jr.
Turns 47 on this date
Events
| 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 |
| US/the World | Britain's Grenadier Guards Regiment celebrates its two hundredth anniversary | 06/16/1860 |
| US/the World | Carlist pretender Don Carlos, Count Montemolin retracts his renunciation of Spanish throne | 06/16/1860 |
| US/the World | First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States lavishly entertained in New York City |
06/16/1860 to 06/28/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Fourth national convention of the National Quarantine and Sanitation Association held in Boston |
06/14/1860 to 06/16/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Business/Industry | The New York World begins publication in New York City | 06/16/1860 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Richard W. Thompson, June 18, 1860 | 06/16/1860 |
| Newspaper | Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Important Rules Respecting Postage,” June 16, 1860 | 06/16/1860 |