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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
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* [[January 6]] – [[Florida Governor]] [[Thomas Brown (Florida politician)|Thomas Brown]] signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the [[University of Florida]].
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* [[January 8]] – [[Taiping Rebellion]]: [[Zeng Guofan]] is ordered to assist the governor of [[Hunan]], in organising a militia force to search for local bandits.
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* [[January 12]] – Taiping Rebellion: The Taiping army occupies [[Wuchang, Hubei|Wuchang]].
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* [[January 19]] – [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' premieres, in performance at [[Teatro Apollo]] in Rome.
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* [[February 10]] – Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces assemble at [[Hanyang District|Hanyang]], [[Hankou District|Hankou]] and [[Wuchang District|Wuchang]], for the march on [[Nanjing]].
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* [[February 12]] – [[Puerto Montt]] is founded in the [[Reloncaví Sound]], [[Chile]].
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* [[February 22]] – [[Washington University in St. Louis]] is founded as Eliot Seminary.
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* [[March]] – The clothing company [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] is founded in the United States.
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* [[March 4]] – [[Inauguration of Franklin Pierce]] as 14th President of the United States (his only child was killed in a [[Train wreck|train accident]] on [[January 6]]).
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* [[March 5]] – Saint Paul Fire and Marine, as predecessor of [[The Travelers Companies]], a worldwide [[Insurance|insurance service]], founded in [[Minnesota]], United States.
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* [[March 20]] – Taiping Rebellion: A rebel army of around 750,000 seizes Nanjing, killing 30,000 Imperial troops.
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* [[March 29]] – [[Manchester]] is granted [[city status in the United Kingdom]]
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=== April–June ===
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* [[April 16]] – [[Indian Railways]]: The first passenger railway in India opens from [[Bombay]] to [[Thana, Maharashtra]], {{convert|22|mi|km}}.
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* [[May]]
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** The world's first [[public aquarium]] opens, at the [[London Zoo]].
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** An outbreak of [[yellow fever]] kills 7,790 in [[New Orleans]].
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** [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] accepts [[John Scott Russell]]'s tender for construction of the {{SS|Great Eastern}} passenger steamer.
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* [[May 12]]–[[October 31]] – The [[Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)|Great Industrial Exhibition]] is held in [[Dublin]], Ireland.
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* [[May 23]] – The first [[plat]] for [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] is laid out.
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* [[June 27]] – [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The Northern Expeditionary Force crosses the [[Yellow River]].
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* [[June 30]] – [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]] is selected as ''[[Prefect (France)|préfect]]'' of the [[Seine (department)]], to begin the re-planning of Paris.
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=== July–September ===
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* [[July 1]] - The Swiss watch company [[Tissot]] is founded<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY5PW_JJQGc#t=50s</ref>.
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* [[July 8]] – U.S. Commodore [[Matthew C. Perry]] arrives in Edo Bay, Japan, with a request for a trade treaty.
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* [[July 25]] – Outlaw and bandit [[Joaquin Murrieta]] is killed in [[California]].
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* [[July 27]] – [[Tokugawa Iesada|Iesada]] succeeds his father [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi|Ieyoshi]], as Japanese ''[[shōgun]]''. The [[Late Tokugawa shogunate]] (the last part of the [[Edo period]] in Japan) begins.
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* [[August 12]] – New Zealand acquires self-government.
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* [[August 23]] – The first true [[International Meteorological Organization]] is established in Brussels, Belgium.
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* [[August 24]]
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** The [[Royal Norwegian Navy Museum]] is founded at [[Karljohansvern]] in [[Horten]], perhaps the world's first naval museum.
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** [[Potato chips]] are first prepared, by [[George Crum]] at [[Saratoga Springs, New York]], according to popular accounts.
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* [[September 19]] – [[Hudson Taylor]] first leaves for China.
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* [[September 20]] &ndash; Otis Elevator, as predecessor of [[Otis Worldwide]] was founded in United States.<ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_otis_1.html</ref>
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=== October–December ===
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* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[C. Bechstein]]'s piano factory is founded, one of three established in a "Golden year" in the history of the [[piano]] ([[Julius Blüthner]] and [[Steinway & Sons]] being the others).
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* [[October 4]]&ndash;[[October 5|5]] &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] begins war with Russia.
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* [[October 4]] &ndash; On the east coast of the United States, [[Donald McKay]] launches the ''[[Great Republic]]'', the world's biggest [[sailing ship]], which at 4,500 tons is too large to be successful.
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* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: The Ottoman army crosses the [[Danube]] into [[Vidin]]/[[Calafat]], [[Wallachia]].
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* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The Taiping Northern Expeditionary Force comes within {{convert|3|mi|km}} of [[Tianjin]].
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* [[November 3]] &ndash; Troops of [[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]] capture [[La Paz, Baja California Sur|La Paz]] in [[Baja California Territory]], and declare the (short-lived) Republic of Lower California.
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* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: [[Battle of Oltenitza]] – Turkish forces defeat the Russians.
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* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Maria II of Portugal]] is succeeded by her son [[Pedro V of Portugal|Pedro V]].
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* [[November 30]] ([[November 18]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: [[Battle of Sinop]] &ndash; The Russian fleet destroys the [[Turkey|Turkish]] fleet.
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* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Taiping Rebellion]]: French [[Minister (diplomacy)|minister]] de Bourboulon arrives at the Heavenly Capital, aboard the ''Cassini''.
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* [[December 14]] &ndash; Compagnie Générale des Eaux, predecessor of [[Vivendi]], a global media [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]], is founded in [[Paris]], France.
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* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Gadsden Purchase]]: The United States buys approximately {{convert|77,000|km2|sqmi}} of land from Mexico, to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
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* The Independent Santa Cruz [[Maya peoples|Maya]] of Eastern [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]] is recognized as an independent nation, by the [[British Empire]].
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* [[Arthur de Gobineau]] begins publication of his ''[[An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races]]'' (''Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines'').
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* [[Charles Pravaz]] and [[Alexander Wood (physician)|Alexander Wood]] independently invent a practical hypodermic [[syringe]].
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* [[Wheaton Academy]] is founded in [[West Chicago, Illinois]].
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* The [[Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China]] is incorporated in London by [[Scottish people|Scotsman]] [[James Wilson (UK politician)|James Wilson]], under a [[Royal Charter]] from [[Queen Victoria]].<ref>http://www.standardchartered.com/about-us/history/en/index.html|</ref><ref>http://www.atsnotes.com/catalog/banknotes/hong-kong.html</ref>
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* Ishikawajima Shipyard, as predecessor of [[IHI Corporation]], a [[shipyard]] and transport-related machinery manufacturer in [[Japan]], is founded.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}<ref>https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/company/history/index.html</ref>
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* [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], now the largest sports stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, officially opens.
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* 1853–[[1873]] – More than 130,000 Chinese laborers come to [[Cuba]].
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Latest revision as of 23:26, 28 February 2021

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Battle of Sinop, the last major naval battle involving sailing warships.
year 1853

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown


 

Events

EventStartEndDescription
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901
Crimean WarOctober 1853February 1856

 

New Groups

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Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Charles Gore22 January 1853London
Wimbledon
England		17 January 1932ClergyBishop of Oxford, a friend of Herbert Asquith
Alfred Beit15 February 1853Germany
Hamburg		16 July 1906Businessperson
Henry Birchenough7 March 185312 May 1937Deep state operative
Businessperson		UK deep state operative
Philander Knox6 May 185312 October 1921Politician
Lawyer		A corporate lawyer for the cartel United States Steel Corporation, Knox later was put in the cabinets three different presidents
Knut Agathon Wallenberg19 May 18531 June 1938Politician
Banker
Businessperson
Cecil Rhodes5 July 1853Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford
England		26 March 1902Deep politician
Businessperson		Very wealthy and influential UK deep politician
Frederick Taylor Gates22 July 1853New York State6 February 1929Clergy
Advisor
Deep state operative		The principal business and philanthropic advisor to the major oil industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY5PW_JJQGc#t=50s
  2. ↑ http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_otis_1.html
  3. ↑ http://www.standardchartered.com/about-us/history/en/index.html%7C
  4. ↑ http://www.atsnotes.com/catalog/banknotes/hong-kong.html
  5. ↑ https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/company/history/index.html
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