Historical Events In 1858

Aug 27   Lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL in the year 1858.  

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

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

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 in the year 1858.  

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

Sep 10   Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1858.  

Sep 10   On this day in history john Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)  

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   On this day in history hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die  

Sep 15   Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 16   First overland mail for California in the year 1858.  

Sep 17   On this day in history dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies  

Sep 25   Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist in the year 1858.  

Sep 27   Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic in the year 1858.  

Sep 28   In the year 1858 donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed  

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed in the year 1858.  

Sep 29   In the year 1858 leopoldo Mugnone, composer  

Oct 05   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria  

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   On this day in history ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61  

Oct 15   In the year 1858 frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer  

Oct 21   On this day in history in Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed  

Oct 21   Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer in the year 1858.  

Oct 26   Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.  

Oct 26   In the year 1858 isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39  

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

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

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

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born in the year 1858.  

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   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 in the year 1858.  

Jan 07   In the year 1858 willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91  

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

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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