What day of the week was August 16, 1858?

The day of the week August 16th, 1858 fell on was a Monday.

Arthur Achleitner the German author (d. 1927) was born on 16 August in 1858.

U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However the a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.