Birthdays
John Stevens Bowen
Turns 29 on this date
Roscoe Conkling
Turns 30 on this date
Henry Laurens Dawes
Turns 43 on this date
Lucy McKim Garrison
Turns 17 on this date
John Officer Proctor
Turns 41 on this date
James Samuel Wadsworth
Turns 52 on this date
Addison O. Whitney
Turns 20 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | John Brown stands trial in Charlestown, Virginia |
10/27/1859 to 10/31/1859 |
| Personal | John Young Mason buried in Richmond, Virginia | 10/30/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Political Excitement on the Rise,” October 30, 1859 | 10/30/1859 |