Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament in the year 1858.   

Jul 26   On this day in history tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)   

Jul 28   1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France   

Jul 29   On this day in history 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed   

Jul 29   The first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed on this day in history.   

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history hans Rott, composer   

Aug 01   On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

Aug 02   In the year 1858 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on this day in history.   

Aug 02   In the year 1858 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

Aug 02   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass in the year 1858.   

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered in the year 1858.   

Aug 04   First trans-Atlantic cable completed on this day in history.   

Aug 05   On this day in history cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable   

Aug 05   On this day in history first transatlantic telegraph cable laid   

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 07   On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

Aug 11   Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929) on this day in history.   

Aug 11   First ascent of the Eiger in the year 1858.   

Aug 14   On this day in history george Combe, phrenologist, dies   

Aug 15   On this day in history regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

Aug 15   Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan in the year 1858.   

Aug 17   In the year 1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens   

Aug 18   Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children) in the year 1858.   

Aug 21   On this day in history 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

Aug 21   On this day in history first Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

Aug 24   Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on this day in history.   

Aug 26   First news dispatch by telegraph in the year 1858.   

Aug 27   Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician in the year 1858.   

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922)   

Jan 10   In the year 1858 birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)   

Jan 11   In the year 1858 birth of harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)   

Jan 13   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born in the year 1858.   

Jan 15   In the year 1858 birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter   

Jan 17   In the year 1858 birth of tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)   

Jan 19   Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) was born in the year 1858.   

Jan 03   In the year 1858 rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36   

Jan 05   Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 in the year 1858.   

Jan 07   Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 in the year 1858.   

Jan 08   Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1858.   

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

Jan 27   Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history death of coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)   

Feb 16   On this day in history georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86