Birthdays
Lewis Golding Arnold
Turns 42 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Ball
Turns 20 on this date
John Cabell Breckinridge
Turns 38 on this date
Alexander Mosby Clayton
Turns 58 on this date
Abigail Kelley Foster
Turns 48 on this date
Lafayette McLaws
Turns 38 on this date
Hiester Henry Muhlenburg
Turns 47 on this date
Ozora Pierson Stearns
Turns 28 on this date
John Dodson Stiles
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Business/Industry | Postage costs in the United States in 1859, by the numbers | 01/15/1859 |
| Education/Culture | The National Portrait Gallery opens to the public in London | 01/15/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 35th U.S. Congress is sitting between early January and early March, 1859 |
01/05/1859 to 03/02/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “News from Kansas and Utah,” January 15, 1859 | 01/15/1859 |