Historical Events In 1858
Monday, 18 March 2024
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 On this day in history gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
Jan 05 Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 in the year 1858.
Jan 07 On this day in history willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91
Jan 08 On this day in history friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
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 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed on this day in history.
Jan 14 Several people are killed when Italian revolutionary Felice Orsini throws bombs at Napoleon III in Paris in a failed assassination attempt on this day in history.
Jan 15 Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter on this day in history.
Jan 17 On this day in history tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)
Jan 19 Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) on this day in history.
Jan 22 Beatrice Potter Webb, England, economist in the year 1858.
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 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia in the year 1858.
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 on this day in history.
Jan 27 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer on this day in history.
Jan 28 John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on this day in history.
Jan 30 Charles Hallé founds Hallé Orchestra in Manchester on this day in history.
Jan 30 Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester on this day in history.
Jan 30 William Wells Brown published first Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" in the year 1858.
Feb 01 Douglas Law goes into effect in British Columbia; miners required to buy licenses to search for gold in the Fraser Valley in the year 1858.
Feb 11 On this day in history 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
Feb 11 First apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1858 sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Feb 13 In the year 1858 sir Richard Burton &John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Feb 14 On this day in history charles Beach Hawley, composer
Feb 15 On this day in history william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
Feb 16 On this day in history georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86
Feb 16 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) on this day in history.
Feb 17 Ernest Ford, composer in the year 1858.