Birthdays

William Augustus Hall
Turns 44 on this date

Charles F. Mayer
Turns 64 on this date

Irvin McDowell
Turns 41 on this date

John Brown Parker
Turns 43 on this date

Haldimand Sumner Putnam
Turns 24 on this date

George Philip Rhinehart
Turns 29 on this date

Thomas Lafayette Rosser
Turns 23 on this date

Henry Harrison Walker
Turns 27 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Emigrant ship carrying 850 Chinese sinks in the Indian Ocean and all the passengers are lost |
10/14/1859 to 10/15/1859 |
Education/Culture | Famous trotting horse Flora Temple breaks world record for the mile in Kalamazoo, Michigan | 10/15/1859 |
US/the World | Spain delivers a final ultimatum to Morocco threatening war if concessions are not made | 10/15/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Charleston Convention,” October 15, 1859 | 10/15/1859 |