Page 5: Historical Events In 1858

Jul 29   1st commercial treaty between US and Japan signed   

Jul 29   The inaugural commercial treaty between US and Japan signed   

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan.   

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer   

Aug 01   The inaugural street mailboxes-Boston, Mass.   

Aug 02   1st mailboxes installed in Boston and NYC streets.   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands.   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered   

Aug 04   inaugural trans-Atlantic cable completed   

Aug 05   Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable.   

Aug 05   inaugural transatlantic telegraph cable laid.   

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer.   

Aug 07   Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

Aug 11   Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)   

Aug 11   inaugural ascent of the Eiger   

Aug 14   George Combe, phrenologist, dies   

Aug 15   Regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

Aug 15   Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

Aug 16   Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan   

Aug 17   1st bank in Hawaii opens   

Aug 18   Netherlands and Japan sign trade agreement   

Aug 19   Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)   

Aug 21   1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois).   

Aug 21   inaugural Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois).   

Aug 24   Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

Aug 26   inaugural news dispatch by telegraph.   

Aug 27   Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician.   

Aug 27   Lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL   

Sep 01   1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month   

Sep 01   The inaugural transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month.   

Sep 05   Moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63   

Sep 08   Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people   

Sep 09   Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)   

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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,