Birthdays

James Isham Gilbert
Turns 37 on this date

Henry Grider
Turns 64 on this date

John Howard Kitching
Turns 22 on this date

Edward Joy Morris
Turns 45 on this date

Robert Brown Potter
Turns 31 on this date

Thomas R. Stewart
Turns 40 on this date

Beverly Roberts Waugh
Turns 36 on this date

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Turns -2 on this date

Jacob Zeilin
Turns 54 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | At a Lincoln rally in New York City, Horace Greeley woos former Whig and American Party voters | 07/16/1860 |
Science/Technology | In London, Prince Albert opens the Fourth International Statistical Congress | 07/16/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | In New York City, an East Side fire burns for six hours and destroys twenty-five buildings | 07/16/1860 |
Business/Industry | In Pennsylvania, Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company break ground on their new factory | 07/16/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | Stephen Douglas visits Hartford, Connecticut telling the crowd only the "regular" Democrats can save the country | 07/16/1860 |
Documents
Miscellaneous | Abraham Lincoln, Instructions for John G. Nicolay, circa July 16, 1860 | 07/16/1860 |
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Extremes Meet,” July 16, 1860 | 07/16/1860 |