Historical Events In 1858
Saturday, 22 February 2025
Jan 01 Canada begins using decimal currency system in the year 1858.
Jan 03 Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 on this day in history.
Jan 05 On this day in history gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
Jan 05 Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 in the year 1858.
Jan 07 On this day in history willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91
Jan 08 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1858.
Jan 09 Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide on this day in history.
Jan 13 Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) on this day in history.
Jan 14 On this day in history french Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
Jan 14 On this day in history several people are killed when Italian revolutionary Felice Orsini throws bombs at Napoleon III in Paris in a failed assassination attempt.
Jan 15 On this day in history giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter
Jan 17 Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra) in the year 1858.
Jan 19 Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) in the year 1858.
Jan 22 Beatrice Potter Webb, England, economist in the year 1858.
Jan 25 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer in the year 1858.
Jan 25 In the year 1858 mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
Jan 25 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia in the year 1858.
Jan 25 In the year 1858 mendelssohn's Wedding March is performed for the first time in public, as the daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria marries the Prussian Crown Prince.
Jan 27 In the year 1858 gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49
Jan 27 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer in the year 1858.
Jan 28 On this day in history john Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
Jan 30 In the year 1858 charles Hallé founds Hallé Orchestra in Manchester
Jan 30 Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester in the year 1858.
Jan 30 William Wells Brown published first Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" in the year 1858.
Feb 01 Douglas Law goes into effect in British Columbia; miners required to buy licenses to search for gold in the Fraser Valley in the year 1858.
Feb 11 On this day in history 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
Feb 11 First apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France in the year 1858.
Feb 13 Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa on this day in history.
Feb 13 On this day in history sir Richard Burton &John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Feb 14 In the year 1858 charles Beach Hawley, composer
Feb 15 On this day in history william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
Feb 16 Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 in the year 1858.
Feb 16 On this day in history laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
Feb 17 Ernest Ford, composer on this day in history.