Birthdays

James Dixon
Turns 44 on this date

Joseph Gordon Hamblen
Turns 14 on this date

James Bedell McKean
Turns 37 on this date

Carnot Posey
Turns 40 on this date

Duke Slavens
Turns 18 on this date

Thomas Weston Tipton
Turns 41 on this date

Erastus Wentworth
Turns 45 on this date
Events
Personal | Alexis Soyer, the most famous chef in Europe, dies in London | 08/05/1858 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Foreign | Queen Victoria visits France |
08/04/1858 to 08/05/1858 |
Documents
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |
Newspaper | San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “The Governor of Missouri Whipped,” August 5, 1858 | 08/05/1858 |