1858
Nineteenth century year
1858 is the year following 1857 and preceding 1859.
Like other four-digit years, it functions as a noun 1858 was a turbulent year or attributive modifier an 1858 newspaper.
Years are referenced in dates, historical accounts, and timestamps.
Boned waist-shaping undergarment
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
etiquette · gentility · propriety · modesty · decency · Queen Victoria · aristocracy · nobility
Large-scale farming operation
- slaveryOwnership of people
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
Dixie · Old South · mansion · states' rights · Fugitive Slave Act · Missouri Compromise · Dred Scott · slaveholder
Electrical message system
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
patent · Bessemer process · sewing machine · gas lighting · photography · vulcanization · ironclad · transatlantic cable
Pre-Civil War senatorial disputes
- transatlantic cableUnderwater intercontinental communication wire
- British RajImperial rule over India
- Big BenLondon's celebrated tower clock
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Boned waist-shaping undergarment
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
ballroom · etiquette · gentility · propriety · modesty · decency · Queen Victoria · aristocracy · nobility · colonialism
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
Confederacy · Dixie · Old South · mansion · states' rights · Fugitive Slave Act · Missouri Compromise · Dred Scott · slaveholder · abolitionism
telegraph
Electrical message system
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
mechanization · patent · Bessemer process · sewing machine · gas lighting · photography · vulcanization · ironclad · transatlantic cable · coal mining
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Pre-Civil War senatorial disputes
- transatlantic cableUnderwater intercontinental communication wire
- British RajImperial rule over India
- Big BenLondon's celebrated tower clock
1858modern times
The contemporary era
today · 2024 · 2025 · 21st century · contemporary era
1858modern era
Current historical period
digital age · space age · information age · atomic age · computer age