Page 2: Historical Events In 1858

Feb 21   Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Mass).   

Feb 21   Edwin T Holmes installs inaugural electric burglar alarm (Boston MA).   

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

Feb 22   Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in NYC.   

Feb 24   Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician   

Feb 28   Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries).   

Mar 01   Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist.   

Mar 02   Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie   

Mar 03   Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54.   

Mar 07   Nikolai Artzibushev, composer.   

Mar 09   Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox   

Mar 13   Maximilien Luce, French painter.   

Mar 15   Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding).   

Mar 17   Toronto Ontario St. Patricks Day riot breaks out during parade; one man fatally stabbed.   

Mar 18   Dutch Van der Brugghen government steps down   

Mar 18   Dutch Van der Brugghen govt steps down.   

Mar 18   Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine is born   

Mar 18   Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor).   

Mar 23   Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)   

Mar 23   Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Phila).   

Mar 23   Streetcar patented (Eleazer A Gardner of Philadelphia).   

Mar 27   Peter Christian Lutkin, composer.   

Mar 30   Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila).   

Mar 30   Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia)   

Apr 01   Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life).   

Apr 03   Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature.   

Apr 03   Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79.   

Apr 04   Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)   

Apr 04   R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso   

Apr 07   Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch socialist politician (SDAP).   

Apr 07   Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76.   

Apr 08   Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76   

Apr 10   The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Tower of London is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date   

Apr 12   In this year, 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan claims in Detroit)   

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Jan 05   Gustaf af geijerstam: Swedish author (boken om lillebror)   

Jan 07   Eliezer ben-yehuda: Key figure in the revival of hebrew as a spoken language   

Jan 10   Heinrich zille: German illustrator and photographer    

Jan 11   Harry gordon selfridge: American retailer    

Jan 13   Oskar minkowski: Biologist    

Jan 15   Giovanni segantini: Italy, painter   

Jan 17   Tomas carrasquilla: Colombian author (frutos de mi tierra)   

Jan 19   Eugene brieux: French playwright (blanchette, lesson avaries)   

Jan 03   Rachel: [elisabeth rachel-félix], fr singer/actress (muse),    

Jan 05   Johann jwafk radetzky von radetz: Austr earl/field marshal,   

Jan 07   Willem broes: Vicar/theologist (textenrol),   

Jan 08   Friedrich karl kuhmstedt: Composer,    

Jan 09   Anson jones: 5th and last president of texas (suicide) (b. 1798)   

Jan 27   Gerrit van der linde jz: Dutch "principal", poet,    

Jan 30   Coenraad jacob temminck: Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)   

Feb 16   Georg f creuzer: German philological/historian,