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 |