Birthdays
Tiphen Walsingham Allen
Turns 26 on this date
Henry Toole Clark
Turns 51 on this date
John Littleton Dawson
Turns 46 on this date
John Hays Grier
Turns 71 on this date
DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn
Turns 41 on this date
William Marvell Nevin
Turns 53 on this date
Augustus S. Sassaman
Turns 25 on this date
James Monroe Trotter
Turns 17 on this date
Leroy Pope Walker
Turns 42 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | Iowans criticize John Brown's Missouri raid in Tabor, Iowa | 02/07/1859 |
| 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 |
| Battles/Soldiers | U.S. Army skirmish with the Mescalero Apache in west Texas goes badly | 02/07/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Another Virginia Insurrection,” February 7, 1859 | 02/07/1859 |