Page 5: Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   On this day in history wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)   

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   In the year 1858 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by   

Jul 28   Fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1858 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed   

Jul 29   The first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed on this day in history.   

Jul 29   On this day in history uS citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan   

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1858 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

Aug 02   In the year 1858 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands in the year 1858.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 03   In the year 1858 source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered   

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

Aug 05   On this day in history cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable   

Aug 05   On this day in history first transatlantic telegraph cable laid   

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer in the year 1858.   

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

Aug 11   In the year 1858 christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)   

Aug 11   On this day in history first ascent of the Eiger.   

Aug 14   George Combe, phrenologist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 15   Regular mail to Pacific coast begins on this day in history.   

Aug 15   Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins on this day in history.   

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

Aug 17   On this day in history 1st bank in Hawaii opens   

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

Aug 19   Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children) in the year 1858.   

Aug 21   On this day in history 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

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

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

Aug 26   First news dispatch by telegraph on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician   

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1858.   

Jan 13   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91   

Jan 07   Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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   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   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.