Birthdays
Samuel Aaron
Turns 60 on this date
Benjamin Hickman Bunn
Turns 16 on this date
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Turns 50 on this date
R. Wickliffe Cooper
Turns 29 on this date
Samuel McGowan
Turns 41 on this date
William Weston Patton
Turns 39 on this date
Rufus Saxton
Turns 36 on this date
James Falconer Wilson
Turns 32 on this date
William Henry Zimmerman
Turns 22 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Ang Duong, King of Cambodia, dies at age sixty-four after twelve years of rule | 10/19/1860 |
| US/the World | Prince Albert visits Boston and meets the last living survivor of the Battle of Bunker Hill |
10/17/1860 to 10/19/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Stephen Douglas makes his final campaign tour, through the Deep South |
10/19/1860 to 10/28/1860 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860 | 10/19/1860 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Wide Awakes at Washington,” October 19, 1860 | 10/19/1860 |