Birthdays

Frederick H. Beecher
Turns 20 on this date

William Laws Boswell
Turns 33 on this date

James Henry Lane
Turns 47 on this date

James John Patterson
Turns 23 on this date

John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn
Turns 50 on this date

Richard Wootton
Turns 69 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | In London, a massive fire burns millions in goods and kills the head of the London Fire Brigade |
06/22/1861 to 06/25/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Fourth of July,” June 22, 1861 | 06/22/1861 |