Birthdays
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Turns 44 on this date
William Leonard Helfenstein
Turns 56 on this date
Henry Washington Hilliard
Turns 53 on this date
George Proctor Kane
Turns 44 on this date
Abraham J. Labagh
Turns 56 on this date
William H. Mathews
Turns 12 on this date
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Turns 38 on this date
Robert Purvis
Turns 51 on this date
Charles Roome
Turns 49 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861 |
07/05/1861 to 08/05/1861 |
| Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |