Birthdays
James Dixon
Turns 46 on this date
Joseph Gordon Hamblen
Turns 16 on this date
James Bedell McKean
Turns 39 on this date
Carnot Posey
Turns 42 on this date
Duke Slavens
Turns 20 on this date
Thomas Weston Tipton
Turns 43 on this date
Erastus Wentworth
Turns 47 on this date
Events
| US/the World | On his North American tour, the Prince of Wales visits Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick |
08/04/1860 to 08/07/1860 |
| Science/Technology | The American Scientific Association meets in Newport, Rhode Island |
08/01/1860 to 08/05/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Trouble Among the Republicans,” August 5, 1860 | 08/05/1860 |