Historical Events In 1858

Feb 18   Louise M A, princess of Belgium on this day in history.  

Feb 19   On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78  

Feb 21   Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Mass) on this day in history.  

Feb 21   In the year 1858 edwin T Holmes installs first electric burglar alarm (Boston MA)  

Feb 22   Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1858 dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in NYC  

Feb 24   Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician in the year 1858.  

Feb 28   On this day in history jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)  

Mar 01   On this day in history georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist  

Mar 02   Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54 in the year 1858.  

Mar 07   Nikolai Artzibushev, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 09   Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox in the year 1858.  

Mar 13   Maximilien Luce, French painter on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding)  

Mar 17   In the year 1858 toronto Ontario St. Patricks Day riot breaks out during parade; one man fatally stabbed  

Mar 18   On this day in history dutch Van der Brugghen government resigns  

Mar 18   In the year 1858 dutch Van der Brugghen govt resigns  

Mar 18   Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor) on this day in history.  

Mar 18   On this day in history the birth of Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine  

Mar 23   On this day in history ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)  

Mar 23   On this day in history streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Phila)  

Mar 23   Streetcar patented (Eleazer A Gardner of Philadelphia) in the year 1858.  

Mar 27   In the year 1858 peter Christian Lutkin, composer  

Mar 30   In the year 1858 pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila)  

Mar 30   Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia) in the year 1858.  

Apr 01   Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life) on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature on this day in history.  

Apr 03   On this day in history sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79  

Apr 04   In the year 1858 asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)  

Apr 04   R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso on this day in history.  

Apr 07   Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch socialist politician (SDAP) on this day in history.  

Apr 07   On this day in history anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76  

Apr 08   Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76 in the year 1858.  

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Jan 05   In the year 1858 birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)  

Jan 07   In the year 1858 birth of eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922)  

Jan 10   Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1858.  

Jan 11   Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947) was born in the year 1858.  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)  

Jan 15   In the year 1858 birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter  

Jan 17   Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19   In the year 1858 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   Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 in the year 1858.  

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   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 in the year 1858.  

Jan 30   Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

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