Page 6: 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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 05   On this day in history moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63   

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

Sep 09   Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 10   John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY) on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 13   Catherinus Elling, composer in the year 1858.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 16   1st overland mail for California in the year 1858.   

Sep 16   On this day in history andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23)   

Sep 16   In the year 1858 first overland mail for California   

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

Sep 25   On this day in history emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist   

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

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

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

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

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

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   Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

Oct 27   RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 on this day in history.   

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

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   Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922) was born in the year 1858.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)   

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   On this day in history birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter   

Jan 17   Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) was born in the year 1858.   

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

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 in the year 1858.   

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   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died in the year 1858.   

Jan 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86