Birthdays
Hamilton Fish
Turns 52 on this date
Graceanna Lewis
Turns 39 on this date
Francis Sutton Livingston
Turns 22 on this date
Benjamin Addison Massey
Turns 41 on this date
John Eugene Smith
Turns 44 on this date
Patrick Henry Taylor
Turns 22 on this date
Frederic Winthrop
Turns 21 on this date
Events
| US/the World | European powers hold conference in Paris on the recent massacres of Christians in Lebanon and Syria | 08/03/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Fight between elderly room-mates in the New York City Almshouse results in death | 08/03/1860 |
| US/the World | On his North American tour, the Prince of Wales visits St. John, New Brunswick |
08/02/1860 to 08/03/1860 |
| Science/Technology | The American Scientific Association meets in Newport, Rhode Island |
08/01/1860 to 08/05/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Train derails after hitting a cow near Brooklyn, New York and a fireman is killed | 08/03/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Result of Freedom,” August 3, 1860 | 08/03/1860 |