Page 5: Historical Events In 1858

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

Jul 26   Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1858.   

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

Jul 29   On this day in history uS citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan   

Aug 01   In the year 1858 hans Rott, composer   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered   

Aug 04   First trans-Atlantic cable completed on this day in history.   

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

Aug 05   In the year 1858 first transatlantic telegraph cable laid   

Aug 06   On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer   

Aug 07   In the year 1858 ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

Aug 11   Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929) in the year 1858.   

Aug 11   On this day in history first ascent of the Eiger.   

Aug 14   George Combe, phrenologist, dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1858 britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan   

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

Aug 18   In the year 1858 netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement   

Aug 19   On this day in history edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)   

Aug 21   On this day in history 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   Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)   

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 in the year 1858.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1858 birth of giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 in the year 1858.   

Jan 07   In the year 1858 willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91   

Jan 08   In the year 1858 friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48   

Jan 09   Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

Jan 27   In the year 1858 gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49   

Jan 30   Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778) died in the year 1858.   

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