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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
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* [[January]] –
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**[[Benito Juárez]] (1806–1872) becomes constitutional [[President of Mexico]].<ref>https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/j/juarez.htm</ref> At the same time, conservatives install [[Félix María Zuloaga]] (1813–1898) as president.
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**[[William I of Prussia]] becomes [[regent]] for his brother, [[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Frederick William IV]], who had suffered a stroke.
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* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Anson Jones]], the last President of the [[Republic of Texas]], commits suicide.
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* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Orsini affair]]: [[Felice Orsini]] and his accomplices fail to assassinate [[Napoleon III]] in Paris, but their [[Orsini bomb|bomb]]s kill eight and wound 142 people. 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.
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* [[January 25]] &ndash; The ''[[Wedding March (Mendelssohn)|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, Princess Royal]], to [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Prince Friedrich of Prussia]] in [[St James's Palace]], London.
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* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Lourdes apparitions]]: Peasant girl [[Bernadette Soubirous]] of [[Lourdes]], fourteen, has a [[Vision (spirituality)|vision]] at the grotto of Massabielle, the first in a series of eighteen events which will come to be regarded as [[Marian apparition]]s.
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* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Richard Francis Burton]] and [[John Hanning Speke]] become the first Europeans to discover [[Lake Tanganyika]].
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* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Felice Orsini]] is executed by [[guillotine]], for the attempted assassination of [[Napoleon III]] of France.
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* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]]: British troops retake [[Lucknow]].
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* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Hymen Lipman]] patents a [[pencil]] with an attached [[eraser]] in the United States.
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=== April–June ===
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* [[April 16]] – The [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish [[learned society]], is wound up.
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* [[April 19]] – The United States signs a treaty with the [[Yankton Sioux Tribe]].
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* [[April 28]]–[[May 1]] – [[Battle of Grahovac]]: The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] are decisively defeated by  [[Montenegro|Montenegrin]] forces.
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* [[May]]–July – [[Mahtra War]]: Peasants in the [[Governorate of Estonia]], [[Russian Empire]] revolt against ongoing [[serfdom]], which was officially abolished in [[1816]].
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* [[May]] (unknown date) - [[Japan]]ese [[Trading|trading company]], [[Itochu]] founded in [[Toyosato, Shiga]] [[Prefecture]], Japan.{{page needed|date=April 2020}}
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* [[May 11]] – [[Minnesota]] is admitted as the 32nd [[U.S. state]].
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* [[May 13]] – [[John Ruskin]] begins a tour of Europe; he considers it a significant turning point in his life.
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* [[May 14]] – Dr [[David Livingstone]]'s 6-year [[Second Zambesi expedition]] arrives at the African coast.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120302014847/https://www.livingstoneonline.ucl.ac.uk/companion.php?id=HIST4</ref>
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* [[May 19]] – The [[Marais des Cygnes massacre]] is perpetrated by pro-slavery forces, in [[Bleeding Kansas]].
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* [[June 2]] – [[Comet Donati]], the first comet to be photographed, is discovered by [[Giovanni Battista Donati]], and remains visible for several months afterwards.
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* [[June 13]]–[[June 17|17]] – The [[Treaty of Tientsin]] is signed, ending the first part of the [[Second Opium War]].
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* [[June 16]] – [[Abraham Lincoln]] accepts the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nomination for a seat in the [[United States Senate]], delivering [[Lincoln's House Divided Speech|his ''House Divided'' speech]] in [[Springfield, Illinois]].
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* [[June 17]] – The [[Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad]] opens, operating 95 miles from [[Goldsboro, North Carolina|Goldsboro]], [[North Carolina]] to [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]], North Carolina.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152211/http://historync.org/railroads.htm</ref>
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* [[June 19]] – A six-minute earthquake destroys much of [[Mexico City]] and devastates [[Texcoco, State of Mexico|Texcoco]].
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* [[June 20]] – [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]: The last rebels surrender in [[Gwalior]].
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* [[June 23]] – Police of the [[Papal States]] seize Jewish boy [[Edgardo Mortara]], and take him away to be raised as a Catholic.
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=== July–September ===
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* [[July]]
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** [[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour]] goads Austria into attacking [[Sardinia]].
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** [[Pike's Peak Gold Rush]]: [[Fifty-Niner]]s stream into the [[Rocky Mountains]] of the western United States.
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* [[July 1]] – [[On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection|A joint presentation]] of papers by [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] and [[Alfred Russel Wallace]], announcing a theory of evolution by natural selection, are read at London's [[Linnean Society]].
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* [[July 8]] – A peace treaty ends the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].
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* [[July 12]] –  ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'', a daily newspaper still in circulation, begins publication in [[Adelaide]], Australia.
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* [[July 17]] – The [[HMS Lutine (1779)|Lutine bell]] is salvaged, and subsequently hung in [[Lloyd's of London]].
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* [[July 28]] – In [[Bengal]], India, British officer [[William James Herschel]] uses the hand impression of Rajyadhar Konai, as a [[contract]] [[fingerprint]] signature.
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* [[July 29]] –  The United States and Japan sign the [[Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan)|Treaty of Amity and Commerce]], negotiated by [[Townsend Harris]].
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* [[August]] – The first [[aerial photography]] is carried out by [[Nadar (photographer)|Nadar]], from a [[moored balloon]] in France.<ref>http://findaerialphotography.com/history.php</ref>
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* [[August 2]]
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** The [[Government of India Act 1858|Government of India Act]], passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], transfers the territories of the British [[East India Company]] and their administration to the direct rule of the [[British Crown]], through a [[Secretary of State for India]].
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** A bill is passed to create a modern sewage system in London as a result of [[the Great Stink]], when the heat of the summer made the smell from sewage in the Thames unbearable.
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* [[August 5]] – [[Cyrus West Field]] and others complete the first transatlantic [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] cable, after several unsuccessful attempts. The service ends on [[September 1]], due to weak current.
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* [[August 7]] – A football match, played under an unknown set of rules, is held between [[Melbourne Grammar School]] and [[Scotch College, Melbourne|Scotch College]].
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* [[August 11]] – The [[Eiger]] is first ascended.
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* [[August 16]] – U.S. President [[James Buchanan]] inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] cable, by exchanging greetings with [[Queen Victoria]]. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
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* [[August 21]] – The first of the [[Lincoln–Douglas debates]] is held in [[Illinois]].
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[[File:Atlanticcablestamp.jpg|thumb|230px|right| [[August 5]]: First [[transatlantic telegraph cable]].]]
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* [[September]] – [[Cochinchina Campaign]]: French warships, under [[Charles Rigault de Genouilly]], attack and occupy [[Da Nang]], [[Vietnam]].
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* [[September 11]] – [[Dom (mountain)|Dom]], the third highest summit in the Alps, is first ascended.
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=== October–December ===
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* [[October 21]] – [[Jacques Offenbach]]'s [[operetta]] ''[[Orpheus in the Underworld]]'', featuring music associated with the [[can-can]], is first performed in Paris.
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* [[October 28]] – [[Macy's]] [[department store]], founded by [[Rowland Hussey Macy|R. H. Macy]], opens for business in New York City.
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* [[November 12]] – [[Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein]], succeeds to the throne aged 18; he will rule until his death in [[1929]], the second-longest in European royal history and the longest precisely documented tenure of any monarch without a regent since antiquity.
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* [[November 16]] – The 2,400,000th day of the [[epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] of the [[Julian day]] is reached.
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*[[December 7]] — Mexican unconstitutional interim president [[Félix María Zuloaga]] proclaims the [[Plan of Tacubaya]] to abolish the [[Reform War|Reform Laws]], setting off a three-year civil war (1857–1860).<ref>https://www.ruletarusa.mx/lab/el-presidente-de-mexico-que-guanajuato-olvido/</ref>
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*[[December 24]] — [[Manuel Robles Pezuela]] (1817–1862) becomes unconstitutional president of Mexico.
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* [[December 29]] – The Northern Railway Company is established in Madrid, Spain, with a purpose to construct the Northern Railway.
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* [[December 30]] – [[Paraguay expedition]]: Seventeen U.S. Navy warships, under the command of [[William Shubrick]], depart from Uruguay on a mission to demand concessions from [[Paraguay]], and to go to war if necessary.
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* The [[Russian Empire]] changes its [[Flag of Russia|flag]].
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* [[William M. Tweed]] begins his 13-year term as "[[Political boss|Boss]]" of [[Tammany Hall]].
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* The ''[[haute couture]]'' firm of [[Charles Frederick Worth|Worth]] and Bobergh is established in Paris.
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* [[The Miners Association]] is established in [[Cornwall]], England, UK.
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* [[Feudalism]] and [[serfdom]] in [[Bulgaria]] are abolished in the Ottoman Empire (practically in [[1880]]).
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* Squibb Pharmacy, as predecessor of [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]], a [[Pharmaceutical|pharmaceutical brand]] on worldwide, founded in [[New York City|New York]], United States.
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 28 February 2021

1848 < 1849 < 1850 < 1851 < 1852 < 1853 < 1854 <1855 < 1856 < 1857 < 1858 > 1859 > 1860 > 1861 > 1862 > 1863 > 1864 > 1865 > 1866 > 1867 > 1868
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year 1858

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

August 5: First transatlantic telegraph cable.

October–December

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Events

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

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Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Carter Glass4 January 1858United States
Virginia
Lynchburg		28 May 1946Politician
Businessperson
Patrick Joseph Kennedy14 January 1858United States
Boston
Massachusetts		18 May 1929Politician
Businessperson
Beatrice Webb22 January 1858United Kingdom
Gloucestershire		30 April 1943Activist
Sociologist
Frederick Lugard22 January 1858India
Madras		11 April 1945Soldier
Explorer
Deep state operative		UK deep state operative, Governor of Hong Kong 1907-1912
Harry Johnston12 June 185831 July 1927Explorer
Deep state operative
Oscar Gustaf Adolf16 June 185829 October 1950Royalty
Edward Mandell House26 July 1858Texas
Houston		28 March 1938Diplomat
Politician
Banker
Deep state operative
Handler		Woodrow Wilson’s handler
Edith Nesbit15 August 1858United Kingdom
Surrey
Kennington		4 May 1924AuthorAuthor and one of the founders of the Fabian Society.
Andrew Bonar Law16 September 1858Kingston
New Brunswick		30 October 1923Iron merchant
Theodore Roosevelt27 October 1858New York6 January 1919Author
Soldier
Politician
Historian
Explorer
"Conservation movement"
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/j/juarez.htm
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120302014847/https://www.livingstoneonline.ucl.ac.uk/companion.php?id=HIST4
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152211/http://historync.org/railroads.htm
  4. ↑ http://findaerialphotography.com/history.php
  5. ↑ https://www.ruletarusa.mx/lab/el-presidente-de-mexico-que-guanajuato-olvido/
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