Page 5: Historical Events In 1858

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

Jul 26   On this day in history baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1858 fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France   

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

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

Jul 29   On this day in history uS citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan   

Aug 01   In the year 1858 hans Rott, composer   

Aug 01   In the year 1858 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

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

Aug 02   In the year 1858 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands   

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 in the year 1858.   

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

Aug 05   On this day in history cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable   

Aug 05   In the year 1858 first transatlantic telegraph cable laid   

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer in the year 1858.   

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

Aug 11   Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929) in the year 1858.   

Aug 11   On this day in history first ascent of the Eiger.   

Aug 14   George Combe, phrenologist, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 16   On this day in history britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan   

Aug 17   In the year 1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens   

Aug 18   On this day in history netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement   

Aug 19   Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children) in the year 1858.   

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

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

Aug 24   On this day in history richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

Aug 26   On this day in history first news dispatch by telegraph.   

Aug 27   In the year 1858 giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician   

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born in the year 1858.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)   

Jan 19   In the year 1858 birth of eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history death of coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)   

Feb 16   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on this day in history.