Birthdays
William Edgeworth Bird
Turns 35 on this date
James Gillpatrick Blunt
Turns 34 on this date
David Evans Bruner
Turns 41 on this date
Wiliam Irvine Holmes
Turns 50 on this date
David Hunter
Turns 58 on this date
John Lyon
Turns 39 on this date
Benjamin Patton
Turns 50 on this date
Charles Lewis Reason
Turns 42 on this date
Charles Robinson
Turns 42 on this date
Events
| Business/Industry | In California, the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company is incorporated | 07/21/1860 |
| Personal | Joseph Gales, Jr., publisher of the National Intelligencer for fifty years, dies in Washington, DC | 07/21/1860 |
| US/the World | On Sicily, Garibaldi defeats Neapolitan forces at Melazzo and takes the town |
07/20/1860 to 07/21/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Tornado demolishes the railway station in Braceville, Ohio, killing one | 07/21/1860 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860 | 07/21/1860 |
| Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom's Champion, “An Insult to Labor,” July 21, 1860 | 07/21/1860 |
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Still 'Suppressed,'” July 21, 1860 | 07/21/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The Herald in Harness,” July 21, 1860 | 07/21/1860 |