Birthdays
Hamilton Prioleau Bee
Turns 37 on this date
James Sproat Green
Turns 67 on this date
Schuyler Hamilton
Turns 37 on this date
Louis Powell Harvey
Turns 39 on this date
Robert Ward Johnson
Turns 45 on this date
Thomas Rathbone Lee
Turns 59 on this date
Benjamin Crispin Lippincott
Turns 32 on this date
Daniel McCook Jr.
Turns 25 on this date
John Gregory Smith
Turns 41 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Nevada delegates meet to frame a constitution for their unorganized territory |
07/18/1859 to 07/27/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |
| Cultural | William Wordsworth's private library of three thousand volumes sold at auction in England |
07/21/1859 to 07/22/1859 |