Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   On this day in history wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)  

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   In the year 1858 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   1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history hans Rott, composer  

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

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   On this day in history 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   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1858 first transatlantic telegraph cable laid  

Aug 06   On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer  

Aug 07   Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria in the year 1858.  

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   George Combe, phrenologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Aug 18   In the year 1858 netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement  

Aug 19   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born in the year 1858.  

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   In the year 1858 birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)  

Jan 11   Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born in the year 1858.  

Jan 15   In the year 1858 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1858 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   Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778) died in the year 1858.  

Feb 16   On this day in history georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86