Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament   

Jul 26   In the year 1858 tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)   

Jul 28   On this day in history 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by   

Jul 28   In the year 1858 fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France   

Jul 29   On this day in history 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed   

Jul 29   On this day in history the first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed   

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history hans Rott, composer   

Aug 01   On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

Aug 02   On this day in history 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on this day in history.   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Aug 02   The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass in the year 1858.   

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered on this day in history.   

Aug 04   In the year 1858 first trans-Atlantic cable completed   

Aug 05   Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable on this day in history.   

Aug 05   First transatlantic telegraph cable laid on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 07   On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

Aug 11   Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929) on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1858 first ascent of the Eiger.   

Aug 14   In the year 1858 george Combe, phrenologist, dies   

Aug 15   In the year 1858 regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

Aug 15   In the year 1858 regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

Aug 16   On this day in history britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan   

Aug 17   1st bank in Hawaii opens on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1858 netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement   

Aug 19   In the year 1858 edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)   

Aug 21   In the year 1858 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

Aug 21   First Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning in the year 1858.   

Aug 26   First news dispatch by telegraph in the year 1858.   

Aug 27   Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1858 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   In the year 1858 birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter   

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

Jan 19   Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) was born in the year 1858.   

Jan 03   Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 in the year 1858.   

Jan 05   Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1858 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86