Birthdays

James Buchanan
Turns 68 on this date

Charles Wesley Carrigan
Turns 32 on this date

Stephen Arnold Douglas
Turns 46 on this date

Isaiah Willis McCord
Turns 39 on this date

Bradford Oliver McIntire
Turns 3 on this date

Amos Myers
Turns 35 on this date

George Cassety Pendleton
Turns 14 on this date

William Capers Round
Turns 17 on this date
Events
Foreign | Austria demands that Sardinia-Piedmont disarm, and issues a three-day ultimatum | 04/23/1859 |
Foreign | French troops are starting to depart Paris for Italy to confront the Austrians |
04/23/1859 to 04/25/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The trial of Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key continues in Washington D.C. |
04/18/1859 to 04/23/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston continues in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio |
04/19/1859 to 05/09/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, “Negroes in Canada,” April 23, 1859 | 04/23/1859 |