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 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 02   Harry Rowe Shelley, composer in the year 1858.  

Jun 03   On this day in history julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24  

Jun 08   In the year 1858 antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor  

Jun 12   Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jun 15   On this day in history ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63  

Jun 16   Abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Illinois in the year 1858.  

Jun 16   Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50) in the year 1858.  

Jun 16   On this day in history the birth of King Gustav V of Sweden  

Jun 17   Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA) on this day in history.  

Jun 18   Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist in the year 1858.  

Jun 19   Charles Haddon George Alexander, [George Samson], British actor on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits) in the year 1858.  

Jun 21   Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe in the year 1858.  

Jun 23   On this day in history william Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician  

Jun 25   Georges Courteline, [Moineaux], French playwright in the year 1858.  

Jun 29   On this day in history george Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal)  

Jun 29   Great fire in London harbor in the year 1858.  

Jun 29   Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia on this day in history.  

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

Jul 01   1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent) in the year 1858.  

Jul 02   On this day in history partial emancipation of Russian serfs  

Jul 05   In the year 1858 maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress  

Jul 06   Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jul 06   In the year 1858 lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine  

Jul 09   Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man) on this day in history.  

Jul 10   On this day in history karl Flodin, composer  

Jul 14   In the year 1858 emmeline Pankhurst, England, found (Women's Social & Political Union)  

Jul 16   Eugene Ysaye, composer in the year 1858.  

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

Jul 23   On this day in history 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 in the year 1858.  

Jan 10   Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1858.  

Jan 11   Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947) was born in the year 1858.  

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

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

Jan 05   Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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