Birthdays
Christopher Columbus Augur
Turns 39 on this date
Andrew Berryhill Buchanan
Turns 50 on this date
George Mifflin Dallas
Turns 68 on this date
James Dunwoody Brownson DeBow
Turns 40 on this date
Jacob Merritt Howard
Turns 55 on this date
Robert Miller Patton
Turns 51 on this date
Lucius Eugene Polk
Turns 27 on this date
Andrew Porter
Turns 40 on this date
Thomas Sargent Reese
Turns 20 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Druse militants massacre thousands of Christians in Damascus |
07/09/1860 to 07/11/1860 |
| US/the World | In Japan, seven year old Prince Mutsuhito named as Crown Prince and heir to the throne | 07/10/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Ohio Republican congressional candidate leaves party over platform plank on immigrant voting | 07/10/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales sails from Plymouth Sound for his tour of Canada and the United States | 07/10/1860 |
| Personal | William T. Sherman, teaching in Louisiana, writes to his wife with cynicism about the upcoming election | 07/10/1860 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Richard W. Thompson, July 10, 1860 | 07/10/1860 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Political Dodge,” July 10, 1860 | 07/10/1860 |