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 |