Historical Events In 1858

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

Jul 26   In the year 1858 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 in the year 1858.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 01   In the year 1858 hans Rott, composer  

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

Aug 02   1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets in the year 1858.  

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 in the year 1858.  

Aug 02   On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass  

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered in the year 1858.  

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 in the year 1858.  

Aug 06   In the year 1858 albert Fuchs, composer  

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

Aug 11   In the year 1858 christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)  

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

Aug 14   On this day in history 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   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   1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) in the year 1858.  

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

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947) was born in the year 1858.  

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

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter  

Jan 17   Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) was born in the year 1858.  

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

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   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   Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 in the year 1858.  

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

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