Birthdays
August Belmont
Turns 48 on this date
Robert Bullock
Turns 33 on this date
William Downey
Turns 36 on this date
Clinton Bowen Fisk
Turns 33 on this date
Otis Gibson
Turns 35 on this date
Lewis Winans Ross
Turns 49 on this date
Henry Timrod
Turns 61 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In southern Italy, a serious eruption of Mount Vesuvius shatters the town of Torre del Greco |
12/08/1861 to 12/12/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Wheeling, the elected West Virginia convention is meeting to write a constitution for the new state |
11/26/1861 to 02/18/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |