Historical figures in 1858
The atlas holds 26 people and 61 moments here, in 1858. The most recorded lives are Abraham Lincoln, Benito Juárez and Alexandre Dumas. Among them Writers, Scientists and Educators.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1858
10 moments here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Alexandre Dumas
in 1858
7 moments here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, and travel writer, also known as Alexandre Dumas père.…
Benito Juárez
in 1858
10 moments here
Mexican lawyer, Liberal politician, and president of Mexico from 1858 until his death. A Zapotec from Oaxaca, Juárez led the Liberal government…
Charles Dickens
in 1858
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Émile Zola
in 1858
1 moment here
French novelist, journalist, and leading naturalist writer. Born in Paris, Zola spent formative years in Aix-en-Provence before returning to Paris;…
Emily Dickinson
in 1858
1 moment here
American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, with documented childhood schooling, a brief Boston…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1858
2 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
George Eliot
in 1858
2 moments here
Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1858
2 moments here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Henrik Ibsen
in 1858
1 moment here
Norwegian playwright and poet whose career took him from Telemark and coastal Norway to theatre work in Bergen and Christiania, then to long…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1858
1 moment here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Imam Shamil
in 1858
1 moment here
Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…
James Clerk Maxwell
in 1858
1 moment here
Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…
Jules Verne
in 1858
2 moments here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
in 1858
5 moments here
Rani Lakshmibai (born Manikarnika Tambe) was queen consort and later ruler of Jhansi, and a leading figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.…
Louis Pasteur
in 1858
1 moment here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Max Planck
in 1858
1 moment here
German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory. Planck’s documented life moved from Kiel to Munich, Berlin, Kiel again, and Berlin,…
Michael Faraday
in 1858
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Millard Fillmore
in 1858
2 moments here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Porfirio Díaz
in 1858
3 moments here
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…
Queen Victoria
in 1858
1 moment here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1858
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Richard Wagner
in 1858
1 moment here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Selma Lagerlöf
in 1858
1 moment here
Swedish writer, teacher, Nobel laureate, and women’s-suffrage speaker. Lagerlöf was born at Mårbacka in Värmland, trained in Stockholm, taught in…
Moments
- 1858 Visit to Astrakhan Alexandre Dumas
- 1858 Visit to Baku Alexandre Dumas
- 1858 Visit to Kazan Alexandre Dumas
- 1858 Visit to Moscow Alexandre Dumas
- 1858 Visit to Tbilisi Alexandre Dumas
- 1858 Visit to Tsaritsyn Alexandre Dumas
- 1858 Constitutional government at Guanajuato Benito Juárez
- 1858 Move back to Paris Émile Zola
- 1858 Manuscript-book work at home Emily Dickinson
- 1858 Begins at Schulpforta Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1858 Moves into Weingarten 18 Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1858 Creative director in Christiania Henrik Ibsen
- 1858 White Mountains journey Henry David Thoreau
- 1858 Crossing of the Argun Imam Shamil
- 1858 Laboratory at the École Normale Supérieure Louis Pasteur
- 1858 Retirement at Hampton Court Michael Faraday
- 1858 Niagara Square residence Millard Fillmore
- 1858 Capture of Oaxaca during Reform War Porfirio Díaz
- 1858 Residence at Palazzo Giustinian Richard Wagner
- 1858 Bill collector in St. Louis Ulysses S. Grant
- 1858 Government installed at Guadalajara Benito Juárez
- 1858 Marriage to Caroline McIntosh Millard Fillmore
- 1858 Action at Xalapa Porfirio Díaz
- 1858 Arrival at Sayula Benito Juárez
- 1858 Captured at Guadalajara Benito Juárez
- 1858 Entry into Zapotlán Benito Juárez
- 1858 Arrival in Havana Benito Juárez
- 1858 Arrival in New Orleans Benito Juárez
- 1858 Arrival in Panama Benito Juárez
- 1858 Embarkation at Manzanillo Benito Juárez
- 1858 Visit to Nürnberg George Eliot
- 1858 Arrival at Kalpi after escape Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
- 1858 Counterattack during the fall of Jhansi Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
- 1858 Rebel army assembled at Kalpi Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
- 1858 Birth in Kiel Max Planck
- 1858 Military command in Tehuantepec Porfirio Díaz
- 1858 Arrival at Veracruz Benito Juárez
- 1858 Munich literary and artistic stay George Eliot
- 1858 Research visit to Carthage Gustave Flaubert
- 1858 Tunisian research journey from Tunis Gustave Flaubert
- 1858 Defense of Kalpi Fort Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
- 1858 Delivered the House Divided speech Abraham Lincoln
- 1858 Arrival in Saint Petersburg Alexandre Dumas
- 1858 Marriage to Katherine Mary Dewar James Clerk Maxwell
- 1858 Final command near Kotah-ki-Serai Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
- 1858 Answered Douglas in Chicago Abraham Lincoln
- 1858 Campaign speech in Springfield Abraham Lincoln
- 1858 Departure voyage from Bordeaux Jules Verne
- 1858 Visit to Liverpool and Scotland Jules Verne
- 1858 First Lincoln–Douglas debate at Ottawa Abraham Lincoln