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1858 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1858th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 858th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1858, the ...
September 14 – Fordyce Beals patents his six shooter revolver which will be produced by E. Remington & Sons of Ilion, New York as the Remington Model 1858. November 17 – Denver is founded. December 8 – Rensselaer, Indiana is incorporated.
Edward Sothern as Lord Dundreary. January 3 – The English critic John Ruskin first meets at her London home 10-year-old Rose La Touche, who becomes his muse. [1]April 29 – Charles Dickens embarks on his first professional tour giving readings from his works.
January – first GPO wall-fitted post boxes put into place and agreed for general adoption. [2]25 January – 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.
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1858.. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland).
The 1858 State of the Union address was delivered by James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, to the 35th United States Congress on December 6, 1858. In this address, Buchanan discussed the status of Kansas, tensions between the North and South, foreign policy with Spain, and internal improvements.
August 2 – Medical Act 1858 passed "to Regulate the Qualifications of Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery" in the United Kingdom. December 1 – The recently-formed Odontological Society of London opens the Dental Hospital of London in England.
June 17 – Modest Musorgsky resigns from the Preobrazhensky Regiment to take up music full-time. [1] September 7 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom opens Leeds Town Hall; the celebratory concert marks the first Leeds Festival. September 16 – Jules Massenet gives his first piano recital.