Birthdays
James McNair Baker
Turns 40 on this date
George Griffin George
Turns 39 on this date
Arminius Summerfield Hank
Turns 30 on this date
James Ross Irvine
Turns 48 on this date
John Marshall Jones
Turns 41 on this date
John Linn McKim
Turns 48 on this date
Omsby MacKnight Mitchel
Turns 56 on this date
Nicholas Bartlett Pearce
Turns 33 on this date
James Alexander Ventress Pue
Turns 20 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861 |
07/05/1861 to 08/05/1861 |
| Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Disgraced,” July 20, 1861 | 07/20/1861 |