1857 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1857?
- January 9, 1857 – The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
- January 24, 1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
- March 3, 1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
- March 6, 1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
- March 21, 1857 – An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
- March 29, 1857 – Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
- April 18, 1857 – “The Spirits Book” by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
- May 6, 1857 – The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
- May 11, 1857 – Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- May 26, 1857 – Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
- June 6, 1857 – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.
- June 26, 1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- July 18, 1857 – Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall’s war against the French.
- August 24, 1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
- September 11, 1857 – The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- September 20, 1857 – The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
- September 23, 1857 – The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
- November 9, 1857 – The Atlantic founded in Boston.
- November 16, 1857 – Second relief of Lucknow – twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
- December 31, 1857 – Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.
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