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 |