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   On this day in history tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)  

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

Jul 28   Fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France in the year 1858.  

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

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 in the year 1858.  

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands  

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

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

Aug 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 07   In the year 1858 ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria  

Aug 11   On this day in history christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)  

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 in the year 1858.  

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

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

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

Aug 18   On this day in history netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement  

Aug 19   Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children) in the year 1858.  

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

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

Aug 24   Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning in the year 1858.  

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

Aug 27   Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician on this day in history.  

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Jan 05   In the year 1858 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   In the year 1858 birth of oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)  

Jan 15   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born in the year 1858.  

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   In the year 1858 rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36  

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   Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1858 death of coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)  

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