Birthdays
Edward Bates
Turns 67 on this date
Alfred Cumming
Turns 58 on this date
Benjamin Brown French
Turns 60 on this date
Henry Jackson Hunt
Turns 41 on this date
Francis Julius LeMoyne
Turns 71 on this date
James Linn
Turns 77 on this date
Clara Clara Hamilton Harris Rathbone
Turns 26 on this date
David Wendel Yandell
Turns 34 on this date
Events
| Science/Technology | First International Chemical Congress meets in Karlsruhe, Germany |
09/03/1860 to 09/05/1860 |
| US/the World | In northern England, eleven killed and scores injured in a railway accident | 09/04/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | In Vermont, Republicans win state-wide elections | 09/04/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | New York Police round up hundreds of street beggars throughout the city | 09/04/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Senator W.H. Seward speaks in Detroit on a campaign swing for Republicans in Michigan | 09/04/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Distress in Kansas,” September 4, 1860 | 09/04/1860 |