Page 6: Historical Events In 1858

Aug 27   Lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1858 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month   

Sep 01   The first transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month in the year 1858.   

Sep 05   Moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   In the year 1858 lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people   

Sep 09   On this day in history benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)   

Sep 10   On this day in history henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44   

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

Sep 11   In the year 1858 alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55   

Sep 12   In the year 1858 fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor   

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

Sep 13   Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit in the year 1858.   

Sep 16   1st overland mail for California on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23) in the year 1858.   

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

Sep 17   Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies in the year 1858.   

Sep 25   Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic   

Sep 28   On this day in history donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed   

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

Sep 29   Leopoldo Mugnone, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 05   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria in the year 1858.   

Oct 09   Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73 in the year 1858.   

Oct 12   Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer in the year 1858.   

Oct 21   In the year 1858 in Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed   

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

Oct 26   On this day in history 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   On this day in history the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States   

Oct 27   On this day in history theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

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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   In the year 1858 birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)   

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 in the year 1858.   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 1858.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 in the year 1858.   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1858 death of coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)   

Feb 16   On this day in history georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86