Birthdays

Theodore Washington Brevard
Turns 25 on this date

James Harlan
Turns 40 on this date

Benjamin Grubb Humphreys
Turns 52 on this date

John Auchincloss Inglis
Turns 47 on this date

John Edward McCahan
Turns 28 on this date

John McKinney
Turns 63 on this date

Samuel James Powell
Turns 36 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | In London, fire destroys the large and popular St. Martin's Hall in Covent Garden | 08/26/1860 |
US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Canada's largest and richest city of Montreal |
08/24/1860 to 08/30/1860 |
Business/Industry | The S.S. Great Eastern arrives back in Britain after her first trans-Atlantic voyage | 08/26/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Interruption of a Political Meeting,” August 26, 1860 | 08/26/1860 |