Page 6: Historical Events In 1858

Sep 10   Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44   

Sep 10   John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY).   

Sep 11   Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55   

Sep 12   Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor   

Sep 13   Catherinus Elling, composer.   

Sep 13   Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die.   

Sep 15   Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit   

Sep 16   1st overland mail for California   

Sep 16   Andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23).   

Sep 16   inaugural overland mail for California   

Sep 17   Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies.   

Sep 25   Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist.   

Sep 27   Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic.   

Sep 28   Donati's comet is recorded as becoming 1st to be photographed   

Sep 28   Donati's comet is recorded as becoming the inaugural to be photographed.   

Sep 29   Leopoldo Mugnone, composer   

Oct 05   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria   

Oct 09   Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips).   

Oct 10   Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73.   

Oct 12   Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61.   

Oct 15   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer   

Oct 21   In Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed.   

Oct 21   Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer   

Oct 26   Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine   

Oct 26   Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39   

Oct 27   RH Macy and Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106   

Oct 27   Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States is born   

Oct 27   Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

Oct 28   Macy's Dept store opens in NYC.   

Nov 09   1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra.   

Nov 12   Alexis Contant, composer.   

Nov 13   Percy McDonnell, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's)   

Nov 17   Origin of Modified Julian Period   

Nov 23   Frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George and Alec, Eng and S Afr)   

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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,