Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) in the year 1858.  

Jul 26   On this day in history baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament  

Jul 26   In the year 1858 tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)  

Jul 28   On this day in history 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by  

Jul 28   Fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France on this day in history.  

Jul 29   On this day in history 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed  

Jul 29   The first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed in the year 1858.  

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan in the year 1858.  

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer in the year 1858.  

Aug 01   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass in the year 1858.  

Aug 02   On this day in history 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets  

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on this day in history.  

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Aug 02   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass in the year 1858.  

Aug 03   In the year 1858 source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered  

Aug 04   First trans-Atlantic cable completed on this day in history.  

Aug 05   Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable in the year 1858.  

Aug 05   First transatlantic telegraph cable laid on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer in the year 1858.  

Aug 07   Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on this day in history.  

Aug 11   Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929) in the year 1858.  

Aug 11   First ascent of the Eiger in the year 1858.  

Aug 14   In the year 1858 george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

Aug 15   In the year 1858 regular mail to Pacific coast begins  

Aug 15   Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan in the year 1858.  

Aug 17   In the year 1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens  

Aug 18   Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)  

Aug 21   On this day in history 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)  

Aug 21   In the year 1858 first Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)  

Aug 24   Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history first news dispatch by telegraph.  

Aug 27   Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician in the year 1858.  

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

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   Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)  

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history death of coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)  

Feb 16   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on this day in history.