Today in History for May 1858
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Months in 1858: January February March April June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 7 of 7
4th - War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
8th - John Brown holds antislavery convention
11th - Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
15th - Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
22nd - Confederación Granadina (now Colombia) forms
28th - Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play," premieres in London
30th - Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12
1st - Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer
6th - Georges Adolphe Hue, composer
8th - John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
10th - Frederick Zech Jr, composer
11th - Carl Hauptmann, writer
16th - Frank Lynes, composer
16th - Hanus Trnecek, composer
19th - Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller (Surinam)
21st - Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician
24th - Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer)
28th - Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)
30th - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 1 of 1
4th - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)
