Birthdays
Eli Metcalfe Bruce
Turns 30 on this date
Horatio Washington Bruce
Turns 28 on this date
James Burnside
Turns 49 on this date
Octavius Valentine Catto
Turns 19 on this date
George Richard Crooks
Turns 36 on this date
William Weaver Danenhower
Turns 38 on this date
Roswell Martin Field
Turns 51 on this date
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Turns 36 on this date
Robert Johnson
Turns 24 on this date
Events
| Religion/Philosophy | First Sunday in Lent | 02/22/1858 |
| 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 |
| Cultural | The Virginia Washington Monument is unveiled in Richmond with Crawford's equestrian statue of Washington as its centerpiece | 02/22/1858 |