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 |