Birthdays
Absalom Baird
Turns 36 on this date
Madison Brown
Turns 50 on this date
Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe
Turns 28 on this date
Gilman Marston
Turns 49 on this date
Francis Redding Tillou Nichols
Turns 26 on this date
Events
| Personal | Future French president Raymond Poincaré born in Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine | 08/20/1860 |
| US/the World | In Damascus, Turkish officials execute scores implicated in the recent massacres of Christians | 08/20/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Quebec |
08/18/1860 to 08/22/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The South for Bell and Everett,” August 20, 1860 | 08/20/1860 |