Historical Events In 1858
Saturday, 25 March 2023
Jan 01 Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.
Jan 03 Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 in the year 1858.
Jan 05 In the year 1858 gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
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 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 anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
Jan 13 On this day in history oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)
Jan 14 On this day in history french Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
Jan 14 On this day in history several people are killed when Italian revolutionary Felice Orsini throws bombs at Napoleon III in Paris in a failed assassination attempt.
Jan 15 On this day in history giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter
Jan 17 In the year 1858 tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)
Jan 19 In the year 1858 eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)
Jan 22 On this day in history beatrice Potter Webb, England, economist
Jan 25 On this day in history giuseppi Radiciotti, composer
Jan 25 On this day in history mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
Jan 25 On this day in history mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
Jan 25 Mendelssohn's Wedding March is performed for the first time in public, as the daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria marries the Prussian Crown Prince in the year 1858.
Jan 27 Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 in the year 1858.
Jan 27 On this day in history neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer
Jan 28 John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on this day in history.
Jan 30 On this day in history charles Hallé founds Hallé Orchestra in Manchester
Jan 30 Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester on this day in history.
Jan 30 On this day in history william Wells Brown published first Black drama, "Leap to Freedom"
Feb 01 In the year 1858 douglas Law goes into effect in British Columbia; miners required to buy licenses to search for gold in the Fraser Valley.
Feb 11 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France in the year 1858.
Feb 11 First apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France on this day in history.
Feb 13 Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1858 sir Richard Burton &John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Feb 14 In the year 1858 charles Beach Hawley, composer
Feb 15 In the year 1858 william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
Feb 16 Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.
Feb 16 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) on this day in history.
Feb 17 On this day in history ernest Ford, composer