Birthdays
John Julian Chisolm
Turns 30 on this date
John Thompson Ford
Turns 31 on this date
Edward Johnson
Turns 44 on this date
Caleb Blood Smith
Turns 52 on this date
Orlando Bolivar Wilcox
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Inhabitants of Nice voting in a plebiscite on whether their district will become part of France |
04/15/1860 to 04/16/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Tornado strikes the town of Carlinville in west central Illinois but no deaths are reported | 04/16/1860 |
| US/the World | Victor Emmanuel II receives a hero's welcome in Florence, the capital of his new province of Tuscany | 04/16/1860 |