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

Sep 05   Moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people on this day in history.   

Sep 09   In the year 1858 benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)   

Sep 10   In the year 1858 henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44   

Sep 10   In the year 1858 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   In the year 1858 catherinus Elling, composer   

Sep 13   Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die in the year 1858.   

Sep 15   In the year 1858 charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit   

Sep 16   In the year 1858 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 27   On this day in history giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic   

Sep 28   Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed on this day in history.   

Sep 28   On this day in history donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed   

Sep 29   Leopoldo Mugnone, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 05   In the year 1858 heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria   

Oct 09   On this day in history gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)   

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 in the year 1858.   

Oct 15   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine   

Oct 26   Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 27   The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States in the year 1858.   

Oct 27   On this day in history theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born in the year 1858.   

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   Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1858 birth of oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter   

Jan 17   In the year 1858 birth of tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)   

Jan 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91   

Jan 08   Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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   Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778) died on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.