Birthdays
William Aldrich
Turns 38 on this date
Hiram Parks Bell
Turns 31 on this date
John Martin Broomall
Turns 42 on this date
Alonzo Hereford Cushing
Turns 17 on this date
Henry Gray
Turns 42 on this date
John Trout Greble
Turns 24 on this date
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard
Turns 39 on this date
Robert Edward Lee
Turns 51 on this date
Metrah Makely
Turns 27 on this date
Events
| Business/Industry | Philadelphia banks finally resume specie payments | 01/19/1858 |
| Crime/Disasters | School building burns in Brooklyn and six small boys lose their lives | 01/19/1858 |
| 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 |
| Foreign | The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico | 01/19/1858 |