Birthdays
Lemuel Jackson Bowden
Turns 43 on this date
Charles Henry Davis
Turns 51 on this date
Henry Wager Halleck
Turns 43 on this date
Robert Roberts Hitt
Turns 24 on this date
Thomas Edwin Massey
Turns 36 on this date
William Alexander Richardson
Turns 47 on this date
James Phillip Sims
Turns 21 on this date
John Palmer Usher
Turns 42 on this date
James David Watters
Turns 24 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A tornado strikes the city and port of New Orleans | 01/16/1858 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
01/06/1858 to 06/13/1858 |