Page 5: Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 28   On this day in history fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France   

Jul 29   In the year 1858 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed   

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

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan in the year 1858.   

Aug 01   On this day in history hans Rott, composer   

Aug 01   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass in the year 1858.   

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

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands in the year 1858.   

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

Aug 02   On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered in the year 1858.   

Aug 04   On this day in history first trans-Atlantic cable completed   

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

Aug 05   In the year 1858 first transatlantic telegraph cable laid   

Aug 06   On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer   

Aug 07   On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

Aug 11   In the year 1858 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   Regular mail to Pacific coast begins in the year 1858.   

Aug 15   Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins in the year 1858.   

Aug 16   In the year 1858 britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan   

Aug 17   1st bank in Hawaii opens on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1858 netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement   

Aug 19   On this day in history edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)   

Aug 21   On this day in history 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

Aug 21   First Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 26   First news dispatch by telegraph on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)   

Jan 11   In the year 1858 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   In the year 1858 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91   

Jan 08   In the year 1858 friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48   

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   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on this day in history.