What is 1858?
{{Year nav|1858}} {{Year in various calendars|1858}} {{Year article header|1858}} == Events == * [[Charles Darwin]] proposes the natural selection of species. * A [[civil war]] between [[conservatism|conservatists]] and [[liberalism|liberals]] starts in [[Mexico]]. * The [[British Empire]] or rule, begins in [[India]] after the surrender and exile of the last [[Mughal]] emperor, [[Bahadur Shah II]] == Births == * [[January 7]] – [[Eliezer Ben-Yehuda]], Russian-born advocate of the Hebrew language (d. [[1922]]) * [[January 10]] – [[Heinrich Zille]], German illustrator and photographer (d. [[1929]]) * [[January 11]] – [[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], American department store magnate (d. [[1947]]) * [[March 10]] – [[Kokichi Mikimoto]], Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. [[1954]]) * [[March 18]] – [[Rudolf Diesel]], German inventor (d. [[1913]]) * [[March 23]] – [[Ludwig Quidde]], German pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1941]]) * [[April 23]] – [[Max Planck]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1947]]) * [[June 16]] – King [[Gustaf V of Sweden]] (d. [[1950]]) * [[June 16]] – [[William D. Boyce|William Dickson Boyce]], founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. [[1929]]) * [[July 9]] – [[Franz Boas]], German anthropologist (d. [[1942]]) * [[August 1]] – [[Hans Rott]], Austrian composer (d. [[1884]]) * [[August 11]] – [[Christiaan Eijkman]], Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1930]]) * [[August 27]] – [[Giuseppe Peano]], Italian mathematician (d. [[1932]]) * [[September 18]] – [[Kate Booth]], the oldest daughter of [[William Booth|William]] and [[Catherine Booth]] (d. [[1955]]) * [[October 3]] – [[Eleonora Duse]], Italian actress (d. [[1924]]) * [[October 27]] – [[Theodore Roosevelt]], 26th [[President (United States)|President of the United States]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1919]]) * [[November 20]] – [[Selma Lagerlöf]], Swedish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laurea