Birthdays

Joseph Benson Akers
Turns 30 on this date

George Thomas Anderson
Turns 35 on this date

Spencer Fullerton Baird
Turns 36 on this date

Aaron Harrison Cragin
Turns 38 on this date

Samuel Ryan Curtis
Turns 54 on this date

Nathan George Evans
Turns 35 on this date

Philander Chinn George
Turns 29 on this date

Horace Greeley
Turns 48 on this date
Events
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 |
Business/Industry | United States Gold Coinage in 1859, by the numbers | 02/03/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “An Armed Police,” February 3, 1859 | 02/03/1859 |