WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1858
Find out what all happened January to May 1858

The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. (30. January 1858)

Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt. (14. January 1858)

Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State. (11. May 1858)

The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding recessional. (25. January 1858)

Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France. (11. February 1858)

The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up. (16. April 1858)

After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry. (10. April 1858)

Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. (15. May 1858)

Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide. (9. January 1858)