Birthdays

David Rumph Jones
Turns 35 on this date

Edward Lyons
Turns 20 on this date

Samuel Freeman Miller
Turns 44 on this date

George Troxell Motter
Turns 18 on this date

Robert Smalls
Turns 21 on this date

Booker Taliaferro Washington
Turns 4 on this date
Events
Slavery/Abolition | Book-burning takes place in South Carolina during trial of man for circulating anti-slavery literature | 04/05/1860 |
Personal | Edward Warren appointed professor of medicine at University of Maryland Medical School | 04/05/1860 |
US/the World | In Arizona, an unauthorized convention meets to form a provisional government |
04/02/1860 to 04/05/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
US/the World | The first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States hosted in San Francisco |
03/31/1860 to 04/06/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Fugitive Slave,” April 5, 1860 | 04/05/1860 |