Historical Events In 1858
Saturday, 04 October 2025
Jan 01 On this day in history canada begins using decimal currency system
Jan 03 Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 on this day in history.
Jan 05 On this day in history gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
Jan 05 On this day in history johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91
Jan 07 Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 on this day in history.
Jan 08 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1858.
Jan 09 On this day in history anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
Jan 13 Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) in the year 1858.
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 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 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer in the year 1858.
Jan 25 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st 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" 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 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history john Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
Jan 30 Charles Hallé founds Hallé Orchestra in Manchester in the year 1858.
Jan 30 Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester on this day in history.
Jan 30 In the year 1858 william Wells Brown published first Black drama, "Leap to Freedom"
Feb 01 On this day in history douglas Law goes into effect in British Columbia; miners required to buy licenses to search for gold in the Fraser Valley.
Feb 11 In the year 1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
Feb 11 On this day in history first apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
Feb 13 Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa on this day in history.
Feb 13 On this day in history sir Richard Burton &John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Feb 14 Charles Beach Hawley, composer in the year 1858.
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 In the year 1858 laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
Feb 17 On this day in history ernest Ford, composer