Timeline April 1858

Events in April 1858 2

• 1858 Utah War ends peacefully Standoff between Mormon settlers and the US Army concludes without major battle Following a tense military standoff over federal authority in Utah Territory, negotiations led by Thomas Kane produced a peaceful resolution. President Buchanan issued a general pardon to Mormon settlers who had resisted federal officials, and US Army troops subsequently marched through an evacuated Salt Lake City without conflict. Alfred Cumming replaced Brigham Young as the territory's governor.
• 1858 – 1947 Max Planck Father of Quantum Theory Winner of the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum mechanics and the Planck constant.