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 |