Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   In the year 1858 wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)  

Jul 26   Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament in the year 1858.  

Jul 26   On this day in history tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)  

Jul 28   In the year 1858 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by  

Jul 28   Fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France on this day in history.  

Jul 29   1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed on this day in history.  

Jul 29   On this day in history the first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed  

Jul 29   In the year 1858 uS citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan  

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 01   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.  

Aug 02   1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets in the year 1858.  

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on this day in history.  

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Aug 02   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass in the year 1858.  

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered on this day in history.  

Aug 04   First trans-Atlantic cable completed in the year 1858.  

Aug 05   Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable in the year 1858.  

Aug 05   First transatlantic telegraph cable laid in the year 1858.  

Aug 06   On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer  

Aug 07   Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on this day in history.  

Aug 11   On this day in history christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)  

Aug 11   First ascent of the Eiger on this day in history.  

Aug 14   In the year 1858 george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

Aug 15   In the year 1858 regular mail to Pacific coast begins  

Aug 15   On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins  

Aug 16   Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history 1st bank in Hawaii opens  

Aug 18   Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement in the year 1858.  

Aug 19   In the year 1858 edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)  

Aug 21   1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) in the year 1858.  

Aug 21   In the year 1858 first Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)  

Aug 24   Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning in the year 1858.  

Aug 26   In the year 1858 first news dispatch by telegraph.  

Aug 27   On this day in history giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician  

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)  

Jan 07   Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)  

Jan 13   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)  

Jan 19   Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48  

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died in the year 1858.  

Jan 27   In the year 1858 gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49  

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

Feb 16   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.