Page 5: Historical Events In 1858

Jul 24   In the year 1858 wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)   

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   1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France in the year 1858.   

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

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

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan in the year 1858.   

Aug 01   In the year 1858 hans Rott, composer   

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   In the year 1858 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands   

Aug 02   In the year 1858 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

Aug 02   In the year 1858 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

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

Aug 05   First transatlantic telegraph cable laid on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 07   Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

Aug 11   On this day in history christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)   

Aug 11   First ascent of the Eiger in the year 1858.   

Aug 14   On this day in history george Combe, phrenologist, dies   

Aug 15   Regular mail to Pacific coast begins in the year 1858.   

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   In the year 1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens   

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

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

Aug 21   In the year 1858 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

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

Aug 24   Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)   

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   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   Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter was born in the year 1858.   

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

Jan 19   Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1858.