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Events from the year 1858 in the United Kingdom.
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- 25 January - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, "Vicky," the Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St. James's Palace, London.[1]
- 30 January - Hallé Orchestra founded by Charles Hallé in Manchester.[1]
- 13 February - Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke become the first Europeans to discover Lake Tanganyika.[1]
- 21 February - Palmerston resigns as Prime Minister, following the rejection of an anti-terrorism bill; replaced by Earl of Derby, forming a new Conservative government.[2]
- 15 May - New Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, opens.[2]
- 1 July - Papers by Darwin and Wallace announcing a theory of Evolution by natural selection read at London's Linnaean Society.[1]
- 2 July - The Great Stink; stench of sewage from the River Thames affects work in the House of Commons.[2]
- 17 July - Salvage of the Lutine bell, which is subsequently hung in Lloyd's of London.
- 28 July - In Bengal/India, British officer William James Herschel used hand impression of Rajyadhar Konai as a contract fingerprint signature.
- 2 August - British Empire takes over powers and properties of the British East India Company.[1]
- 3 August - Explorer John Hanning Speke discovers Lake Victoria, source of the River Nile.[1]
- 16 August - US President James Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
- 26 August - The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce signed.
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