Page 5: Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) in the year 1858.   

Jul 26   In the year 1858 baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament   

Jul 26   Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) in the year 1858.   

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

Jul 28   On this day in history fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France   

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

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

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

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

Aug 02   On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 in the year 1858.   

Aug 02   On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered in the year 1858.   

Aug 04   First trans-Atlantic cable completed in the year 1858.   

Aug 05   In the year 1858 cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable   

Aug 05   First transatlantic telegraph cable laid in the year 1858.   

Aug 06   On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer   

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   First ascent of the Eiger in the year 1858.   

Aug 14   George Combe, phrenologist, dies in the year 1858.   

Aug 15   On this day in history regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

Aug 15   On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

Aug 16   Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan on this day in history.   

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

Aug 18   On this day in history netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement   

Aug 19   Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children) on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1858 richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

Aug 26   On this day in history first news dispatch by telegraph.   

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 in the year 1858.   

Jan 07   In the year 1858 birth of eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922)   

Jan 10   In the year 1858 birth of heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)   

Jan 13   Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) was born in the year 1858.   

Jan 15   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1858 birth of eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)   

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

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   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 on this day in history.