Birthdays
Ephraim G. Alburtis
Turns 42 on this date
Charles James Faulkner
Turns 53 on this date
Justus A. McKinstry
Turns 45 on this date
Edmund Winston Pettus
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Heat soars in Europe to some of the highest temperatures recorded | 07/06/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |