What Happened In January 1858 - Historical Events 1858 January

Historical Events for January, 1858

9th » Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
14th » Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
30th » The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.

4th » Carter Glass, American politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)
7th » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer (d. 1922)
10th » Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
11th » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947)
13th » Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian biologist (d. 1931)
17th » Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author (d. 1940)
22nd » Beatrice Webb, English economist (d. 1943)
25th » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (d. 1954)
27th » Neel Doff, Dutch author (d. 1942)
28th » Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)

5th » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
9th » Anson Jones, American politician, 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
30th » Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)