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 in the year 1858.   

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   Fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1858 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed   

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

Jul 29   US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1858 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

Aug 02   On this day in history 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands in the year 1858.   

Aug 02   A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 03   Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered on this day in history.   

Aug 04   In the year 1858 first trans-Atlantic cable completed   

Aug 05   Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable in the year 1858.   

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

Aug 06   Albert Fuchs, composer in the year 1858.   

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   In the year 1858 first ascent of the Eiger.   

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

Aug 15   Regular mail to Pacific coast begins on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1858.   

Aug 18   Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement on this day in history.   

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

Aug 24   On this day in history richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

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

Aug 27   In the year 1858 giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician   

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Jan 05   Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history death of anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)   

Jan 27   Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 in the year 1858.   

Jan 30   Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778) died on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1858 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86