Historical Events In 1858

Aug 27   In the year 1858 lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL.  

Sep 01   1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month on this day in history.  

Sep 01   In the year 1858 the first transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month  

Sep 05   Moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people on this day in history.  

Sep 09   On this day in history benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)  

Sep 10   Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Sep 10   John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY) on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1858.  

Sep 12   On this day in history fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor  

Sep 13   Catherinus Elling, composer in the year 1858.  

Sep 13   Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit on this day in history.  

Sep 16   1st overland mail for California on this day in history.  

Sep 16   In the year 1858 andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23)  

Sep 16   First overland mail for California on this day in history.  

Sep 17   Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 25   On this day in history emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist  

Sep 27   Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic in the year 1858.  

Sep 28   In the year 1858 donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed  

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed on this day in history.  

Sep 29   Leopoldo Mugnone, composer in the year 1858.  

Oct 05   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria in the year 1858.  

Oct 09   On this day in history gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)  

Oct 10   Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Oct 12   Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 21   In the year 1858 in Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed  

Oct 21   On this day in history ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer  

Oct 26   In the year 1858 hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine  

Oct 26   Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1858.  

Oct 27   RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 on this day in history.  

Oct 27   The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States in the year 1858.  

Oct 27   On this day in history theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1858 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   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   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 in the year 1858.  

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 in the year 1858.  

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died in the year 1858.  

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