1858

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s

Years: 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 - 1858 - 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863

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Events

• February 11 - The Virgin Mary appears to St Bernadette of Lourdes
• May 11 - Minnesota becomes the 32nd state in the United States
• - the British Empire replaces the British East India Company in the history of Bangladesh

Births

• January 7 - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda responsible for revival of Hebrew language
• March 18 - Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the compression ignition engine
• April 23 - Max Planck, German physicist, inventor of the quantum mechanics

Deaths