Historical Events In 1858

Jan 01   Canada begins using decimal currency system in the year 1858.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1858 gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1858 anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.  

Jan 13   In the year 1858 oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)  

Jan 14   In the year 1858 french Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed  

Jan 14   Several people are killed when Italian revolutionary Felice Orsini throws bombs at Napoleon III in Paris in a failed assassination attempt in the year 1858.  

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

Jan 17   Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   Beatrice Potter Webb, England, economist on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer in the year 1858.  

Jan 25   In the year 1858 mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia  

Jan 25   Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1858 mendelssohn's Wedding March is performed for the first time in public, as the daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria marries the Prussian Crown Prince.  

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

Jan 27   In the year 1858 neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer  

Jan 28   In the year 1858 john Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry  

Jan 30   Charles Hallé founds Hallé Orchestra in Manchester on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester in the year 1858.  

Jan 30   William Wells Brown published first Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" in the year 1858.  

Feb 01   In the year 1858 douglas Law goes into effect in British Columbia; miners required to buy licenses to search for gold in the Fraser Valley.  

Feb 11   In the year 1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France  

Feb 11   First apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa in the year 1858.  

Feb 13   Sir Richard Burton &John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa in the year 1858.  

Feb 14   In the year 1858 charles Beach Hawley, composer  

Feb 15   William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)  

Feb 17   Ernest Ford, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 05   In the year 1858 birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)  

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

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   In the year 1858 birth of oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)  

Jan 15   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born in the year 1858.  

Jan 17   Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19   Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91  

Jan 08   Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died in the year 1858.  

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 on this day in history.