Birthdays
Theodore S. Bowers
Turns 27 on this date
John Price Durbin
Turns 59 on this date
Edward Noel Eccleston
Turns 23 on this date
Leonard Marsden Gardner
Turns 28 on this date
Samuel Alexander Harrison
Turns 37 on this date
Nathaniel Garland Keirle
Turns 26 on this date
John William Mallet
Turns 27 on this date
Dandridge McRae
Turns 30 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | All-England Cricket team continues its tour with a match in Philadelphia | 10/10/1859 |
| Science/Technology | Charles Darwin finishes editing his great work on evolution and sends it to the printers | 10/10/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Pirates,” October 10, 1859 | 10/10/1859 |
| Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Senator Broderick Killed in a Duel,” October 10, 1859 | 10/10/1859 |