Birthdays
Kinsley Scott Bingham
Turns 52 on this date
John Snyder Carlile
Turns 43 on this date
Alfred Creigh
Turns 50 on this date
John Ewen
Turns 52 on this date
Samuel Garland Jr.
Turns 30 on this date
Robert Selden Garnett
Turns 41 on this date
Henry Heth
Turns 35 on this date
Myer Strouse
Turns 35 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Emperor Napoleon III drops the requirement that Britons carry passports to enter and travel in France | 12/16/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Wendell Phillips speaks against mobs in Boston and almost causes a riot | 12/16/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Not a Bed of Roses,” December 16, 1860 | 12/16/1860 |