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 in the year 1858.  

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

Sep 05   On this day in history 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   Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1858 fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor  

Sep 13   On this day in history catherinus Elling, composer  

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

Sep 15   In the year 1858 charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit  

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

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

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   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   On this day in history leopoldo Mugnone, composer  

Oct 05   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria  

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

Oct 10   Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73 in the year 1858.  

Oct 12   Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 in the year 1858.  

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

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

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

Oct 26   On this day in history hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine  

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 in the year 1858.  

Oct 27   In the year 1858 the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States  

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

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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   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born in the year 1858.  

Jan 15   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born in the year 1858.  

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

Jan 19   In the year 1858 birth of eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)  

Jan 03   Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on this day in history.