Historical Events In 1858

Jun 01   William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream) on this day in history.  

Jun 02   Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer in the year 1858.  

Jun 02   Donati Comet first seen named after it's discoverer on this day in history.  

Jun 02   Harry Rowe Shelley, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 03   Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.  

Jun 08   Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor in the year 1858.  

Jun 12   On this day in history cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74  

Jun 15   Ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63 in the year 1858.  

Jun 16   On this day in history abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Illinois.  

Jun 16   On this day in history abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"  

Jun 16   In the year 1858 gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50)  

Jun 16   In the year 1858 the birth of King Gustav V of Sweden  

Jun 17   Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA) in the year 1858.  

Jun 18   In the year 1858 hans Schardt, Swiss geologist  

Jun 19   On this day in history charles Haddon George Alexander, [George Samson], British actor  

Jun 20   On this day in history medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)  

Jun 21   In the year 1858 louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe  

Jun 23   In the year 1858 william Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician  

Jun 25   In the year 1858 georges Courteline, [Moineaux], French playwright  

Jun 29   George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal) on this day in history.  

Jun 29   Great fire in London harbor on this day in history.  

Jun 29   On this day in history treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia  

Jun 30   In the year 1858 andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Libre) [or 7/31]  

Jul 01   1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent) on this day in history.  

Jul 02   In the year 1858 partial emancipation of Russian serfs  

Jul 05   Maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress on this day in history.  

Jul 06   Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1858.  

Jul 06   On this day in history lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine  

Jul 09   In the year 1858 franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man)  

Jul 10   Karl Flodin, composer in the year 1858.  

Jul 14   Emmeline Pankhurst, England, found (Women's Social & Political Union) on this day in history.  

Jul 16   In the year 1858 eugene Ysaye, composer  

Jul 20   On this day in history fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18)  

Jul 23   In the year 1858 jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament  

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Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)  

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

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1858 friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48  

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

Jan 27   On this day in history gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49  

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

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