Birthdays
Solomon Nunes Carvalho
Turns 45 on this date
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Turns 38 on this date
Edmund Storer Janes
Turns 53 on this date
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Turns 69 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Democrats hold their National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina |
04/23/1860 to 05/01/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | Multi-racial crowd in Troy, New York rescue arrested fugitive slave | 04/27/1860 |
| US/the World | Spain signs the punitive treaty imposed upon Morocco following the recent war | 04/27/1860 |
| Science/Technology | Speke and Grant set out from England to explore the source of the Nile | 04/27/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Infamy Complete,” April 27, 1860 | 04/27/1860 |
| Newspaper | Newark (OH) Advocate, “‘Old Judge McLean’,” April 27, 1860 | 04/27/1860 |