Historical Events In 1858

Aug 27   Lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL on this day in history.   

Sep 01   1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month in the year 1858.   

Sep 01   On this day in history the first transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month   

Sep 05   In the year 1858 moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63   

Sep 08   Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people on this day in history.   

Sep 09   On this day in history benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)   

Sep 10   In the year 1858 henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44   

Sep 10   John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY) in the year 1858.   

Sep 11   In the year 1858 alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55   

Sep 12   Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

Sep 13   In the year 1858 catherinus Elling, composer   

Sep 13   Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die in the year 1858.   

Sep 15   On this day in history charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit   

Sep 16   1st overland mail for California on this day in history.   

Sep 16   In the year 1858 andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23)   

Sep 16   In the year 1858 first overland mail for California   

Sep 17   Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic   

Sep 28   On this day in history donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed   

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed in the year 1858.   

Sep 29   Leopoldo Mugnone, composer in the year 1858.   

Oct 05   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria   

Oct 09   In the year 1858 gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)   

Oct 10   On this day in history karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73   

Oct 12   In the year 1858 ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61   

Oct 15   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history in Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed   

Oct 21   On this day in history ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer   

Oct 26   Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39   

Oct 27   On this day in history rH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106   

Oct 27   In the year 1858 the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States   

Oct 27   Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1858 birth of eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922)   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1858 birth of eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)   

Jan 03   On this day in history rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36   

Jan 05   In the year 1858 johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91   

Jan 07   In the year 1858 willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1858 death of anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)   

Jan 27   Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 in the year 1858.   

Jan 30   Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778) died in the year 1858.   

Feb 16   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.