Birthdays
Olympia Brown
Turns 25 on this date
Henry Eaton Coleman
Turns 23 on this date
William Preston Johnston
Turns 29 on this date
Augustus Valentine Kautz
Turns 32 on this date
John Doby Kennedy
Turns 20 on this date
Joseph Brevard Kershaw
Turns 38 on this date
George Fiske Round
Turns 20 on this date
Edmund Ruffin
Turns 66 on this date
Events
| Foreign | Argentine Confederation and breakaway province of Buenos Aires agree to a reunification | 01/05/1860 |
| Religion/Philosophy | Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia dies on the street of a stroke aged forty-eight | 01/05/1860 |
| Foreign | Emperor Napoleon III initiates free trade reforms in France | 01/05/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, "The Underground Railroad and Its Victims," January 5, 1860 | 01/05/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Runaway Slaves,” January 5, 1860 | 01/05/1860 |