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 in the year 1858.   

Sep 01   On this day in history the first transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month   

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

Sep 08   Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people in the year 1858.   

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

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   On this day in history alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55   

Sep 12   On this day in history fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor   

Sep 13   Catherinus Elling, composer in the year 1858.   

Sep 13   In the year 1858 hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die   

Sep 15   On this day in history charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit   

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

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

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

Sep 17   Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.   

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

Sep 27   Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed in the year 1858.   

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

Sep 29   In the year 1858 leopoldo Mugnone, composer   

Oct 05   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria on this day in history.   

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

Oct 10   In the year 1858 karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73   

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 Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed in the year 1858.   

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

Oct 26   In the year 1858 hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine   

Oct 26   Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1858.   

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

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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 in the year 1858.   

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

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   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1858 johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91   

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   In the year 1858 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.