Timeline January 1858

Events in January 1858 4

• 1766 – 1858 Josef Radetzky von Radetz (1766-1858) Died 5 January 1858, aged 91 Radetzky was an Austrian field marshal who commanded imperial forces in northern Italy for decades, notably suppressing revolutions in Lombardy-Venetia in 1848-49. Johann Strauss Sr.'s Radetzky March was composed in his honor and remains a staple of the Vienna New Year's Concert.
• 1796 – 1858 William H. Prescott (1796-1858) Died 28 January 1858, aged 61 Prescott was an American historian best known for his narrative histories of the Spanish conquests of Mexico and Peru. He produced much of his work despite near-blindness resulting from an eye injury suffered in his youth.
• 1858 Orsini assassination attempt on Napoleon III Italian revolutionary bombs the French emperor's carriage Felice Orsini threw three bombs at Emperor Napoleon III's carriage outside the Paris Opera, killing eight bystanders and wounding over a hundred people. Napoleon III and his wife survived unharmed. The attack pushed France toward closer involvement in the movement for Italian unification.
• 1858 – 1924 Giacomo Puccini Verismo opera master Italian opera composer whose La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and the unfinished Turandot are among the most performed operas in the world.