Birthdays
Myra Colby Bradwell
Turns 27 on this date
John Churchill Brooking
Turns 22 on this date
Johnson Hagood
Turns 29 on this date
Hoar Ebenezer Rockwood
Turns 42 on this date
Isaac McCurley
Turns 19 on this date
George Douglas Ramsay
Turns 56 on this date
John Henry Winder
Turns 58 on this date
James H. Wolf
Turns 24 on this date
Events
| Business/Industry | First burglar alarm installed | 02/21/1858 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Greece, a large earthquake destroys much of the ancient city of Corinth | 02/21/1858 |
| Personal | John Kintzing Kane, the U.S. District Judge who ruled against Passmore Williamson in the Jane Johnson case, dies in Philadelphia | 02/21/1858 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
01/06/1858 to 06/13/1858 |