Page 6: Historical Events In 1858

Aug 27   In the year 1858 lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL.   

Sep 01   On this day in history 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month   

Sep 01   The first transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month on this day in history.   

Sep 05   Moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63 in the year 1858.   

Sep 08   Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics) in the year 1858.   

Sep 10   Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Sep 10   John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY) in the year 1858.   

Sep 11   Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Catherinus Elling, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die in the year 1858.   

Sep 15   On this day in history charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit   

Sep 16   In the year 1858 1st overland mail for California   

Sep 16   Andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23) on this day in history.   

Sep 16   On this day in history first overland mail for California   

Sep 17   Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1858 emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist   

Sep 27   Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed on this day in history.   

Sep 28   In the year 1858 donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed   

Sep 29   On this day in history leopoldo Mugnone, composer   

Oct 05   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1858 gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)   

Oct 10   On this day in history karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73   

Oct 12   In the year 1858 ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61   

Oct 15   On this day in history frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer   

Oct 21   In Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer   

Oct 26   In the year 1858 hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine   

Oct 26   On this day in history isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39   

Oct 27   RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 in the year 1858.   

Oct 27   The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906) in the year 1858.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1858 birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)   

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

Jan 11   Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born in the year 1858.   

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

Jan 17   Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1858.   

Jan 05   In the year 1858 johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91   

Jan 07   Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 in the year 1858.   

Jan 08   Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1858.   

Jan 09   In the year 1858 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   In the year 1858 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.