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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1858.  

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

Jul 29   On this day in history the first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed  

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer in the year 1858.  

Aug 01   On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass  

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

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

Aug 02   In the year 1858 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   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered on this day in history.  

Aug 04   On this day in history first trans-Atlantic cable completed  

Aug 05   On this day in history cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable  

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

Aug 06   On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer  

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   In the year 1858 first ascent of the Eiger.  

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

Aug 15   Regular mail to Pacific coast begins in the year 1858.  

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

Aug 16   Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history 1st bank in Hawaii opens  

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

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

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

Aug 21   First Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26   First news dispatch by telegraph on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1858 birth of tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)  

Jan 19   Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) was born in the year 1858.  

Jan 03   Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   In the year 1858 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86