Birthdays
Eli Metcalfe Bruce
Turns 31 on this date
Horatio Washington Bruce
Turns 29 on this date
James Burnside
Turns 50 on this date
Octavius Valentine Catto
Turns 20 on this date
George Richard Crooks
Turns 37 on this date
William Weaver Danenhower
Turns 39 on this date
Roswell Martin Field
Turns 52 on this date
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Turns 37 on this date
Robert Johnson
Turns 25 on this date
Events
| Religion/Philosophy | The American Sunday School Union holds its third national convention in Philadelphia |
02/22/1859 to 02/24/1859 |
| Business/Industry | The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad is formally opened in Missouri | 02/22/1859 |
| 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 |
| Cultural | Washington's Birthday celebrated around the country and in London and Paris | 02/22/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Black Republicans and Mr. Douglas,” February 22, 1859 | 02/22/1859 |