March1858

March 1858 in History

Events in History

Mar 2 Frederick Cook of New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie

Historic Event

Mar 5 Abolitionists establish "Crispus Attucks Day" in Boston

Crispus Attucks — Former Slave and Seaman Crispus Attucks

Mar 9 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox

Historic Event

Mar 14 Ellen G. White receives a vision while attending a funeral service in Lovett's Grove, near Bowling Green, Ohio

Ellen G. White — Religious Leader Ellen G. White

Mar 18 Dutch Van der Brugghen government resigns
Mar 23 Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia)
Mar 30 Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia)

Birthdays in History

Mar 1 Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist
Mar 13 Maximilien Luce, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1941)
Mar 15 Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding)

Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913)

Mar 18 French-born German engineer who invented the diesel engine, born in Paris

Rudolf Diesel

Mar 23 Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)

Deaths in History

Mar 3 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54

Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858)

Mar 4 Commodore of the United States Navy who opened Japan to Western influence and trade, dies of rheumatism at 63

Matthew C. Perry

Mar 26 John Addison Thomas, American soldier and US Assistant Secretary of State, dies at 47

Historical Figures

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