Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 26   Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) in the year 1858.  

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

Jul 28   On this day in history fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France  

Jul 29   In the year 1858 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed  

Jul 29   In the year 1858 the first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed  

Jul 29   In the year 1858 uS citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan  

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer in the year 1858.  

Aug 01   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.  

Aug 02   In the year 1858 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   On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76  

Aug 02   In the year 1858 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer in the year 1858.  

Aug 07   On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria  

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

Aug 11   First ascent of the Eiger on this day in history.  

Aug 14   George Combe, phrenologist, dies in the year 1858.  

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

Aug 15   On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins  

Aug 16   In the year 1858 britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan  

Aug 17   1st bank in Hawaii opens on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement in the year 1858.  

Aug 19   In the year 1858 edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)  

Aug 21   1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) in the year 1858.  

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

Aug 24   In the year 1858 richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning  

Aug 26   First news dispatch by telegraph in the year 1858.  

Aug 27   In the year 1858 giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician  

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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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   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   Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Jan 27   In the year 1858 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   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.