Birthdays

Joseph Dysart
Turns 39 on this date

Benjamin Henry Grierson
Turns 33 on this date

Alexander Hayes
Turns 40 on this date

William Kellogg
Turns 45 on this date

James Bennett McCreary
Turns 21 on this date

Frederick William Seward
Turns 29 on this date

Alfred Christopher Stone
Turns 28 on this date

David Battle Turpie
Turns 31 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Arizona Territorial delegate Sylvester Mowry fights duel with Arizona newspaperman E. E. Cross | 07/08/1859 |
Foreign | Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Napoleon III of France sign an armistice at Villafranca in Italy | 07/08/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Letter from the Kansas Gold Region,” July 8, 1859 | 07/08/1859 |