Birthdays

Goode Bryan
Turns 49 on this date

James Adams Ekin
Turns 41 on this date

Joseph Smith Fowler
Turns 40 on this date

Galusha Aaron Grow
Turns 37 on this date

Homer Augustus Nelson
Turns 31 on this date

John Thompson Nixon
Turns 40 on this date

Pierre Soulé
Turns 59 on this date
Events
US/the World | In southern Italy, Garibaldi and his men reach Cosenza, capital of Upper Calabria | 08/31/1860 |
US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Canada's future capital of Ottawa |
08/31/1860 to 09/03/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Newark (OH) Advocate, “Is Lincoln an Abolitionist?,” August 31, 1860 | 08/31/1860 |