Birthdays
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Turns 17 on this date
Robert Christie Buchanan
Turns 47 on this date
Lewis Garrard Clarke
Turns 43 on this date
David Radnor Coover
Turns 26 on this date
James Fleming Fagan
Turns 30 on this date
Hiram Bronson Granbury
Turns 27 on this date
William Dean Howells
Turns 21 on this date
John Moore Leonard
Turns 25 on this date
Albin Francisco Schoepf
Turns 36 on this date
Events
| Foreign | Jose Desiderio Valverde becomes the new President of the Dominican Republic | 03/01/1858 |
| 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 |