Birthdays
John Bassett Alley
Turns 45 on this date
Jacob Ammen
Turns 56 on this date
John Catron
Turns 76 on this date
Williamson Durley
Turns 52 on this date
Powhatan Ellis
Turns 72 on this date
Millard Fillmore
Turns 62 on this date
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
Turns 41 on this date
Daniel Tyler
Turns 63 on this date
Events
| US/the World | France, Britain, and Spain land troops at the Mexican port of Vera Cruz to enforce debt payments |
01/06/1862 to 01/08/1862 |
| 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 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Union troops defeat Confederate units in a brief skirmish at Blue's Gap in western Virginia | 01/07/1862 |