1858

Year 1858 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - and his accomplices fail to assassinate  in  but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Because of the involvement of French émigrés living in, there is a brief anti-British feeling in France, but the emperor refuses to support it. Executed on  of the same year by the.
 * - The  by becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of 's daughter, "Vicky," the  to Prince  in ,.
 * - is said to have appeared to  of.
 * - patents a  with an attached eraser.

April - June

 * - is admitted as the 32nd.
 * - perpetrated by pro slavery forces in.
 * - The last rebels of the surrender in.
 * - Police of the seize ish boy  and take him away to be raised as a Catholic.
 * May-July - in the,  - peasants revolt against , that was officially abolished in.

July - September

 * July - s stream into the of the western  during the.
 * - Papers by and  announcing a theory of Evolution by natural selection read at London's.
 * - First publication of, the daily news paper still in circulation in , Australia
 * - Salvage of the, which is subsequently hung in.
 * - In /, British officer used hand impression of Rajyadhar Konai as a   signature.
 * -  and  sign the.
 * - and others complete the first transatlantic  cable after several unsuccessful attempts. The service ends on  due to weak current.




 * - First match between  and  and founding of the.
 * - First ascent of the.
 * - US President inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic  cable by exchanging greetings with Queen . However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.

October - December

 * - of the
 * - City of founded

Undated

 * takes over powers & properties of the (see also ).
 * begins his thirteen-year term as "" of.
 * British stop using s.
 * Last seen.
 * firm of Worth and Bobergh established.
 * established in,.
 * and in  abolished in the Ottoman Empire; practically in.
 * and in  abolished in the Ottoman Empire; practically in.

January - June

 * -, Russian-born advocate of the Hebrew language (d. )
 * -, German illustrator and photographer (d. )
 * -, American department store magnate (d. )
 * -, American glider pioneer (d. )
 * -, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. )
 * -, German inventor (d. )
 * -, German pacifist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, wife of President (d. )
 * King (d. )
 * , founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. )
 * , founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. )

July - December

 * -, German anthropologist (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, Dutch Queen and regent (d.)
 * -, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, British military officer (d. )
 * -, Italian mathematician (d. )
 * -, American philanthropist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Italian actress (d. )
 * -, Belgian naturalist (d. )
 * -, 26th , recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Swedish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Indian physicist (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, American temperance movement leader (d. )
 * -, American temperance movement leader (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, Austrian field marshal (b. )
 * -, 5th and last (suicide) (b. )
 * - Commodore, American naval officer (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, French architect (b. )

July - December

 * -, shogun (b. )
 * -, American (b. ca )
 * -, military leader (b. )
 * -, social reformer (b. )
 * -, geologist (b. )
 * -, botanist (b. )
 * -, Ottaman statesman (b. )


 * See also .