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| Countries: Australia - Canada - Germany - Ireland - New Zealand - Norway - South Africa - U. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of Electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1858 in Archaeology Explorations Désiré Charnay makes the first photographs of the Maya ruins of The year 1858 in architecture involved some significant events Events John Ruskin meets Rose la Touche. Awards Prix de Rome (for painting - Jean-Jacques The year 1858 in literature involved some significant new books Events Works published William Barnes, Hwomely Rhymes A second collection of poems of rural life in the Dorset Dialect Events January 25 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter "Vicky" the The year 1858 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Baseball "All New York" and "All Brooklyn" Nines play three matches at the Fashion Race Course in Brooklyn, with the All New York Nine Events May events May - First known Slip coach working at Haywards Heath on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway See also 1857 in Australia, other events of 1858, 1859 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1857 in Canada, other events of 1858, 1859 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Events Arts and literature Sport Births 13 February - James Murray Irwin, British Army doctor (d Incumbents Regal and Vice Regal Head of State - Queen Victoria Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore See also 1857 in South Africa, other events of 1858, 1859 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. S. - UK |
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Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Henry Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 1857 state leaders - Events of 1858 - 1859 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Portugal Angola - José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola ( 1854 &ndash 1860) Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Wednesday ( Dominical letter E) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita
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Events of 1858
January - March
- January 14 - Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Not to be confused with Felice della Rovere, who married into the Orsini family Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city An Orsini bomb is a spherical bomb which instead of a fuse or timing device is constructed of mercury fulminate, which explodes on impact Because of the involvement of French émigrés living in Britain, there is a brief anti-British feeling in France, but the emperor refuses to support it. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Orsini is executed by guillotine on March 13 of the same year. The guillotine ( pronounced /ˈgijətin/ or /ˈgɪlətin/ in English in French was a device used for carrying out executions by Decapitation. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
- January 25 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, "Vicky," the Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St. James's Palace, London. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate A wedding march is a piece of music played during a Wedding, usually during the entrance of the bride ( Processional or the departure of the married couple Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Princess Victoria Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa 21 November 1840 &ndash 5 August 1901) was the eldest child and daughter Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically awarded by a British Monarch to his or her eldest daughter Frederick III (German Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl, English Frederick William Nicholas Charles; October 18 1831 – June 15 1888 (German Friedrich St James's Palace is one of London's oldest Palaces It is situated on Pall Mall in London, just north of St London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
- February 11 - The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to St Bernadette of Lourdes. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Saint Bernadette (born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous January 7 1844 – April 16 1879) was a miller's daughter from the town of Lourdes ( Occitan: Lorda) is a town and commune situated in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, lying in the first Pyrenean
- March 30 - Hyman Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Hymen L Lipman is credited with registering the first patent for a Pencil with an attached Eraser on March 30, 1858 ( A pencil is a Writing or Drawing instrument consisting of a thin stick of Pigment (usually Graphite, but can also be coloured pigment or
April - June
- April 16 - The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was wound up. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom The Wernerian Natural History Society ( January 12, 1808 - April 16, 1858) commonly abbreviated as the Wernerian Society, was a A learned society is an Organization that exists to promote an Academic discipline or group of disciplines
- April 28-May 1 - Battle of Grahovac (between Ottoman and Montenegrin forces)
- May 11 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. The Battle of Grahovac occurred from 28 April to 1 May 1858, when the Grand Duke Mirko Petrović, elder brother of Knjaz Danilo, led a strong army Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
- May 19 - Marais des Cygnes massacre perpetrated by pro slavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and The Marais des Cygnes Massacre is considered the last significant act of violence in Bleeding Kansas prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events involving Free-Staters
- June 20 - The last rebels of the Indian Mutiny surrender in Gwalior. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of Sepoys of British East India Company 's army on the 10th of May 1857 in the town of Meerut, WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Gwalior ( Hindi: ग्वालियर) is a city in Madhya Pradesh in India
- June 23 - Police of the Papal States seize Jewish boy Edgardo Mortara and take him away to be raised as a Catholic. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish The Papal States, State(s of the Church or Pontifical States (in Italian Stato Ecclesiastico, Stato della Chiesa, Stati della Chiesa PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Edgardo Mortara (August 27 1851 &ndash March 11 1940 was a Jewish boy who became the center of an international controversy when he was seized from his Jewish parents by
- May-July - Mahtra War in the Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire - peasants revolt against serfdom, that was officially abolished in 1816. Mahtra War was a peasant insurgency at the Mahtra estate (now in Rapla County, 60 km from Tallinn) in Estonia, in the then Russian Empire The Governorate of Est(honia (Эстляндская губерния or Estlyandskaya guberniya) or Estland, also known as the Government of Estonia The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
July - September
- July - Forty-Niners stream into the Rocky Mountains of the western United States during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in Gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western
- July 1 - Papers by Darwin and Wallace announcing a theory of Evolution by natural selection read at London's Linnean Society. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Alfred Russel Wallace OM, FRS (8 January 1823 &ndash 7 November 1913 was an British naturalist, Explorer, Geographer The Linnean Society of London is the World 's premier society for the study and dissemination of Taxonomy and natural history
- July 12 - First publication of The Advertiser, the daily news paper still in circulation in Adelaide, Australia
- July 17 - Salvage of the Lutine bell, which is subsequently hung in Lloyd's of London. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. The Advertiser is a daily tabloid Newspaper published in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Acquisition of the Lutine See also Siege of Toulon On 27 September 1793 the authorities in Toulon surrendered the city naval dockyards arsenal For the film see Lloyd's of London (film. Lloyd's of London is a British Insurance market
- July 28 - In Bengal/India, British officer William James Herschel used hand impression of Rajyadhar Konai as a contract fingerprint signature. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Etymology and ethnology The exact origin of the word Bangla or Bengal is unknown though it is believed to be derived from the Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country William James Herschel, 2nd Baronet ( 9 January, 1833 - 24 October, 1917 was born in Slough, England a son of A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all or any part of the finger
- July 29 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The between the United States and Japan was signed at the Ryōsen-ji in Shimoda on July 29, 1858.
- August 5 - Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Cyrus West Field (November 30 1819&ndashJuly 12 1892 was an American businessman and financier who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company that successfully The service ends on September 1 due to weak current. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
August 5: First transatlantic telegraph cable. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. The first transatlantic Telegraph Cable crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Foilhommerum Valentia Island, in western Ireland to
- August 7 - Claimed by some to be first Australian rules football match between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Melbourne Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school predominantly for boys located in South Yarra Scotch College Melbourne (commonly referred to as Scotch) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and Boarding school for boys
- August 11 - First ascent of the Eiger. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation The Eiger is a notable mountain in the Swiss Alps, rising to an elevation of 3970 m (13025 ft
- August 16 - US President James Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting James Buchanan Jr (April 23 1791 – June 1 1868 was the fifteenth President of the United States (1857–1861 Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
October - December
- November 17 - epoch of the Modified Julian Day
- November 17 - City of Denver, CO founded
Undated
- British Empire takes over powers & properties of the British East India Company (see also history of Bangladesh). Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers In Astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference for the Orbital elements of a Celestial body. The Julian date (JD is the interval of time in days and fractions of a day since 4713 B Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or History of Bengal Bangladesh became one of the last major nation states following its secession in 1971 from the nation of Pakistan which achieved its independence from the British
- William Marcy Tweed begins his thirteen-year term as "Boss" of Tammany Hall. William M Tweed ( April 3, 1823 &ndash April 12, 1878) sometimes informally called Boss Tweed, was an American Politician A boss, in politics, is a person who wields De facto power over a particular political region or Constituency. Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party Political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants (most notably
- British stop using prison hulks. A hulk is a Ship that is afloat but incapable of going to sea
- Last Cape Lion seen. The Cape Lion, Panthera leo melanochaitus, is a Subspecies of Lion and is now Extinct in the wild.
- Haute couture firm of Worth and Bobergh established. Haute couture ( French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking" oːt kuˈtyʁ refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- The Miners Association established in Cornwall, UK. The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate and the incumbent Stephen A The Miners Association was founded in 1858 by Robert Hunt FRS, and the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
- Feudalism and serfdom in Bulgaria abolished in the Ottoman Empire; practically in 1880. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
Ongoing events
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1858 MDCCCLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2611 |
| Armenian calendar | 1307 ԹՎ ՌՅԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 14 – 15 |
| Berber calendar | 2808 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2402 |
| Burmese calendar | 1220 |
| Chinese calendar | 4494/4554-11-17 (丁巳年十一月十七日) — to — 4495/4555-11-27(戊午年十一月廿七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1574 – 1575 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1850 – 1851 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5618 – 5619 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1913 – 1914 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1780 – 1781 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4959 – 4960 |
| Holocene calendar | 11858 |
| Iranian calendar | 1236 – 1237 |
| Islamic calendar | 1274 – 1275 |
| Japanese calendar | Ansei 5 (安政5年) |
| Korean calendar | 4191 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2401 |
January - June
- January 7 - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Russian-born advocate of the Hebrew language (d. The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war of the United Kingdom Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Kaei and before Man'en. This period spanned the years from 1854 through 1860. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental For the street named for Eliezer Ben Yehuda in Jerusalem, Israel, see Ben Yehuda Street. 1922)
- January 10 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Rudolf Heinrich Zille ( January 10, 1858 - August 9, 1929) German Illustrator and Photographer, was born in 1929)
- January 11 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American department store magnate (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr ( January 11, 1858 &ndash May 8, 1947) was an American-born retail magnate who founded the British 1947)
January 27 - Cornelia Hubertina Doff French author of Dutch origin known as Neel Doff, nominee of the 1911 Prix Goncourt (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Cornelia Hubertina (Neel Doff ( Buggenum, Netherlands 27 January 1858 – Ixelles, Belgium 14 July 1942 was a French author of Dutch speaking The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given to the Author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year" 1942)
- February 15 - John Joseph Montgomery, American glider pioneer (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor John Joseph Montgomery ( February 15, 1858 – October 31, 1911) was an Aviation pioneer inventor professor at Santa Clara 1911)
- March 10 - Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing ( 10 March 1858 &ndash 21 September 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur and adopter of the Mise/Nishikawa technique for production 1954)
- March 18 - Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈkʁɪstjan ˈkaʁl ˈdiːzəl March 18, 1858 – last seen alive September 29, 1913) was a 1913)
- March 23 - Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Ludwig Quidde ( March 23, 1858 &ndash March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1941)
- April 23 - Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1947)
- April 30 - Mary Dimmick Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Mary Dimmick Harrison ( April 30, 1858 &ndash January 5, 1948) was the second wife of the 23rd United States president Benjamin Benjamin Harrison (August 20 1833 &ndash March 13 1901 was the twenty-third President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893 1948)
- June 16
- King Gustaf V of Sweden (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. 1950)
- William Dickson Boyce, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Dickson "W D" Boyce ( June 16, 1858 &ndash June 11, 1929) was an American Newspaper man and entrepreneur 1929)
July - December
- July 9 - Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Franz Boas ( July 9, 1858 &ndash December 21, 1942) was a German - American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern 1942)
- August 1 - Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Hans Rott ( 1 August 1858 - 25 June 1884) was an Austrian Composer. 1884)
- August 2 - Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Dutch Queen and regent (d. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (2 August 1858 - 20 March 1934 was Queen consort of William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1934)
- August 11 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Christiaan Eijkman ( August 11, 1858, Nijkerk &ndash November 5, 1930, Utrecht) was a Dutch Physician The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1930)
- August 19 - Alfred Dyke Acland, British military officer (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Colonel Alfred Dyke Acland CBE, KJStJ, JP ( 19 August 1858 &ndash 22 March 1937) was a British distinguished 1937)
- August 27 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Giuseppe Peano ( August 27, 1858 &ndash April 20, 1932) was an Italian Mathematician, whose work was of exceptional 1932)
- September 1 - Andrew Jackson Zilker, American philanthropist (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Andrew Jackson Zilker (1858 - 1934 was a political figure and Philanthropist in Austin, Texas, after whom Zilker Park was named 1934)
- September 16 - Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 &ndash 30 October 1923 was a Canadian -born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1923)
- October 3 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Eleonora Duse ( October 3, 1858 &ndash April 21, 1924) was an Italian actress often known simply as Duse. 1924)
- October 19 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. George Albert Boulenger (born Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 1858; died Saint Malo, France, November 23 1937)
- October 27 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1919)
- November 20 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, / sèlˈma ʊ̀tiːlɪa lʊ̀viˈsa lɑ̀ːgərˈløːv / (20 November 1858&ndash16 March 1940 was a Swedish Author and the first woman writer to win the The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1940)
- November 26 - Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic saint
- November 30 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Katharine Mary Drexel ( November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) is a Roman Catholic Saint. A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, CSI, CIE, FRS (জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু Jôgodish Chôndro Boshu) ( November 30 1937)
- December 22 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 1924)
- December 25 - Herman P. Faris, American temperance movement leader (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Herman P Faris (1858-1936 was a committed proponent of the Temperance movement. 1936)
- See also Category: 1858 births. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Deaths
January - June
- January 5 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. 1766)
- January 9 - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Anson Jones ( January 20, 1798 &ndash January 9, 1858) was a doctor, Businessman, Congressman, and the last The Republic of Texas was formed in 1836 In the midst of the Texas Revolution, Texan settlers elected delegates to the Convention of 1836, which issued the 1798)
- March 4 - Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, American naval officer (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Matthew Calbraith Perry ( April 10, 1794 &ndash March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U 1794)
- June 3 - Julius Reubke, German composer (b. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Julius Reubke ( March 23 1834 &ndash June 3 1858) was a German Composer, pianist and organist. 1834)
- June 28 - Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Auguste de Montferrand ( January 23, 1786 &ndash July 10, 1858) was a French Neoclassical Architect who worked primarily 1786)
July - December
- August 14 - Tokugawa Iesada, shogun (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Tokugawa Iesada (徳川 家定 ( May 6, 1824 — August 14, 1858) was the 13th Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of 1824)
- September 17 - Dred Scott, American slave (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Dred Scott (1799 – September 17, 1858) was a slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom in the famous As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another ca 1795)
- November 15 - Li Hsu-pin, military leader (b. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Li Hsu-pin Xubin''''' (李续宾 ( 1817 - November 16, 1858) was a Chinese general as commander of the Hunan Braves (also Qing 's general 1817)
- November 17 - Robert Owen, social reformer (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 Nov 1858 born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales was a social reformer and one of the founders of Socialism 1771)
- December 3 - Joseph Marie Elisabeth Durocher, geologist (b. Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Joseph Marie Élisabeth Durocher ( 31 May 1817, Rennes - 3 December 1858, Rennes was a French geologist 1817)
- December 13 - Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher, botanist (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher 2 August, 1799 Dillenburg, Hesse Germany - 13 December, 1858 Cape Town, was a botanical 1799)
- December 17 - Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottaman statesman (b. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Mustafa Reşid Pasha ( 13 March 1800 – 17 December 1858) was an Ottoman Statesman and Diplomat. 1800)
- See also Category: 1858 deaths. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday.
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