Birthdays
Joseph Emerson Brown
Turns 37 on this date
Mary Ann Day Brown
Turns 41 on this date
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Sherman
Turns 36 on this date
Edmund Strother Dargan
Turns 53 on this date
John Adams Halderman
Turns 25 on this date
Catesby Ap Roger Jones
Turns 37 on this date
Evander McNair
Turns 38 on this date
Horace Porter
Turns 21 on this date
Events
| Personal | Emile Durkheim, one of the founders of Sociology, is born in Alsace-Lorraine | 04/15/1858 |
| Business/Industry | Minnesota bond issue brings in $2,275,000 | 04/15/1858 |
| 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 |
| Religion/Philosophy | The Muslim feast of Ramadan begins | 04/15/1858 |