1858 (AD 1858) Historical Timeline & Archive

Notable Figures in 1858 (AD 1858) (12)

• Emmeline Pankhurst (Born: 1858-07-15) — Pioneering British suffragette who fought for women's right to vote.
• Franz Boas (Born: 1858-07-09) — Father of American Anthropology, pioneer of cultural relativism and historical particularism.
• Giacomo Puccini (Born: 1858-12-22) — Master of Italian Opera, celebrated for Verismo works like La bohème and Tosca.
• Hiroshige (Died: 1858-10-12) — Master of ukiyo-e landscapes, famed for the Tōkaidō and Edo views.
• Jagadish Chandra Bose (Born: 1858-11-30) — Polymath pioneer in radio optics, botany, and physics, instrumental in Indian science.
• John Snow (Died: 1858-06-16) — Pioneering physician and founder of modern epidemiology.
• Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi (Died: 1858-06-17) — Iconic warrior queen who led resistance during the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
• Max Planck (Born: 1858-04-23) — Founder of quantum theory and a pioneer of modern physics.
• Émile Durkheim (Born: 1858-04-15) — Pioneering French sociologist who established modern academic discipline of sociology.
• Rudolf Diesel (Born: 1858-03-18) — Pioneering inventor of the diesel engine, transforming global mechanical engineering.
• Selma Lagerlöf (Born: 1858-11-20) — Pioneering Swedish author, first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Theodore Roosevelt (Born: 1858-10-27) — 26th U.S. President known for 'The Strenuous Life' and progressive reforms.