Birthdays

Reuben Baxter Detrick
Turns 33 on this date

William Hayden English
Turns 38 on this date

Hannibal Hamlin
Turns 51 on this date

Roger Hanson Weightman
Turns 33 on this date

Emory Upton
Turns 21 on this date

James Alexander Walker
Turns 28 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Fire destroys large section of the Turkish port city of Smyna | 08/27/1860 |
US/the World | In southern Italy, Garibaldi takes the Calabrian town of Monteleone without a fight | 08/27/1860 |
US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Canada's largest and richest city of Montreal |
08/24/1860 to 08/30/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Prince of Wales,” August 27, 1860 | 08/27/1860 |