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   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 in the year 1858.  

Sep 08   Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people in the year 1858.  

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

Sep 10   Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1858.  

Sep 10   In the year 1858 john Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)  

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

Sep 12   Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor on this day in history.  

Sep 13   In the year 1858 catherinus Elling, composer  

Sep 13   In the year 1858 hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die  

Sep 15   Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit in the year 1858.  

Sep 16   In the year 1858 1st overland mail for California  

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   In the year 1858 dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies  

Sep 25   Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic on this day in history.  

Sep 28   On this day in history donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed  

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed in the year 1858.  

Sep 29   On this day in history leopoldo Mugnone, composer  

Oct 05   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria on this day in history.  

Oct 09   Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) on this day in history.  

Oct 10   In the year 1858 karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73  

Oct 12   In the year 1858 ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61  

Oct 15   On this day in history frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer  

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

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

Oct 26   Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine in the year 1858.  

Oct 26   In the year 1858 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   On this day in history the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States  

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

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Jan 05   In the year 1858 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   In the year 1858 birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)  

Jan 11   In the year 1858 birth of harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)  

Jan 15   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1858.  

Jan 07   Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 in the year 1858.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.