Historical Events In 1858
Monday, 13 July 2020
Jan 01 Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.
Jan 03 Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 in the year 1858.
Jan 05 On this day in history gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
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 in the year 1858.
Jan 09 On this day in history anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
Jan 13 Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) in the year 1858.
Jan 14 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed on this day in history.
Jan 14 On this day in history several people are killed when Italian revolutionary Felice Orsini throws bombs at Napoleon III in Paris in a failed assassination attempt.
Jan 15 Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter in the year 1858.
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 On this day in history giuseppi Radiciotti, composer
Jan 25 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia in the year 1858.
Jan 25 In the year 1858 mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
Jan 25 On this day in history 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 In the year 1858 gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49
Jan 27 In the year 1858 neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer
Jan 28 John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry in the year 1858.
Jan 30 On this day in history charles Hallé founds Hallé Orchestra in Manchester
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" on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 14 Charles Beach Hawley, composer on this day in history.
Feb 15 On this day in history william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
Feb 16 Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on this day in history.
Feb 16 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) on this day in history.
Feb 17 In the year 1858 ernest Ford, composer