Historical Events In 1858

Aug 27   Lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL in the year 1858.  

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

Sep 01   The first transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month in the year 1858.  

Sep 05   In the year 1858 moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63  

Sep 08   In the year 1858 lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people  

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

Sep 10   In the year 1858 henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44  

Sep 10   John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY) in the year 1858.  

Sep 11   In the year 1858 alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55  

Sep 12   Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor in the year 1858.  

Sep 13   In the year 1858 catherinus Elling, composer  

Sep 13   On this day in history hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die  

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

Sep 16   1st overland mail for California in the year 1858.  

Sep 16   Andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23) in the year 1858.  

Sep 16   On this day in history first overland mail for California  

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   In the year 1858 giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic  

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

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

Sep 29   Leopoldo Mugnone, composer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 09   In the year 1858 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   In the year 1858 ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61  

Oct 15   In the year 1858 frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer  

Oct 21   In Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed on this day in history.  

Oct 21   Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer in the year 1858.  

Oct 26   Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 27   Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906) in the year 1858.  

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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