Historical Events In 1858

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

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

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

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

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

Sep 09   Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics) in the year 1858.  

Sep 10   On this day in history henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44  

Sep 10   On this day in history john Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)  

Sep 11   On this day in history alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55  

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

Sep 13   Catherinus Elling, composer on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 16   Andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23) on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed on this day in history.  

Sep 28   On this day in history donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed  

Sep 29   On this day in history leopoldo Mugnone, composer  

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 in the year 1858.  

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

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

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

Oct 21   Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 26   Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 27   In the year 1858 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   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   On this day in history birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)  

Jan 13   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)  

Jan 03   In the year 1858 rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36  

Jan 05   On this day in history johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91  

Jan 07   In the year 1858 willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91  

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 in the year 1858.  

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