Information about 1857
| Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
| Decades: | 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s |
| Years: | 1854 1855 1856 - 1857 - 1858 1859 1860 |
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Events of 1857
January - March
- January 9 - Earthquake at Tejon, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
- February 16 - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC, becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
- March 3 - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.
- March 4 - End of term for President of the United States Franklin Pierce. He is succeeded by James Buchanan.
- March 5 - In London, ex-solicitor James Townsend Saward receives a sentence of penal transportation for forging cheques.
- March 6 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.
- March 21 - Earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
- March 23 - Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City).
April - June
- May 10 - Indian rebellion of 1857: The 3rd Light Cavalry of the British East India Company's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion.
- May 11 - Indian rebellion of 1857: Indian combatants capture Delhi from the East India Company.
- May 13 - Early Mormon church leader Parley P. Pratt is murdered in Arkansas by an assailant.
- June 6 - Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.
July - September
- July 15 - Indian rebellion of 1857: The second massacre at Kanpur takes place.
- August - Calcutta University established.
- September 11 - Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah.
- September 12 - The SS Central America sinks off the coast of North Carolina, killing 425 people.
October - December
- October 24 - Sheffield F.C., the world's first football (soccer) team, is founded in Sheffield, England.
- November 30 - End of term for President of Mexico Ignacio Comonfort. He is succeeded by Félix María Zuloaga.
- December 16 - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 kills 11,000 people in Naples, Italy.
- December 31 - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario as the capital of Canada.
Undated
- Divorce without parliamentary approval becomes legal in Britain.
- Speculation in U.S. railway shares causes financial crisis in Europe.
- The Mormons abandon Las Vegas.
- Founding of Hollywood.
- Restoration of the Mexican republic (see Mexico/History).
- Discovery of La Tene culture artifacts in Switzerland by Hansli Kopp.
- Philip Henry Gosse writes Omphalos text elaborating a Creationist school of thought.
- University of Bombay established.
- The Mughal Empire is finally destroyed by the British Empire.
- The city walls of Vienna are demolished, allowing the construction of the Ringstraße.
- William Daniel, American politician proposes Local Option for prohibition.
- Biggest Estonian newspaper Postimees is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
Ongoing events
- Second Opium War (1856-1860)
- Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857)
- Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864)
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1857 MDCCCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2610 |
| Armenian calendar | 1306 ԹՎ ՌՅԶ |
| Bah' calendar | 13 – 14 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2401 |
| Chinese calendar | 4493/4553-8-4 (丙辰年八月初四日) — to — 4494/4554-6-13(丁巳年六月十三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1573 – 1574 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1849 – 1850 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5617 – 5618 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1912 – 1913 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1779 – 1780 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4958 – 4959 |
| Holocene calendar | 11857 |
| Iranian calendar | 1235 – 1236 |
| Islamic calendar | 1273 – 1274 |
| Japanese calendar | Ansei 0 (安政0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2517 (皇紀2517年) |
| Julian calendar | 1902 |
| Korean calendar | 4190 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2400 |
January - June
- January 4 - Émile Courtet, French caricaturist and animator (d. 1938)
- January 26 - the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)
- February 12 - Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- February 13 - Almanzo James Wilder, Husband of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. October 23, 1949)
- February 22 - Lord Robert Baden-Powell, English founder of the Scouting movement (d. 1941)
- February 22 - Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (d. 1894)
- March 7 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1940)
- March 8 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
- March 27 - Karl Pearson, statistician (d. 1936)
- March 30 - Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)
- April 5 - Alexander of Battenberg, first Prince of Bulgaria (d. 1893)
- May 7 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)
- May 13 - Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1932)
- May 15 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish astronomer (d. 1911)
- May 19 - John Jacob Abel, American pharmacologist (d. 1938)
- May 31 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
- June 2
- Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
July - December
- July 22 - Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi, Islamic Scholar(d. 1911)
- July 23 - Carl Meinhof, German linguist (d. 1944)
- July 24 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- July 28 - Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (d. 1940)
- July 30 - Thorstein Veblen, Norwegian economist (d. 1929)
- August 14 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
- September 5 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
- September 8 - Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
- September 13
- Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant and revolutionary (d. 1937)
- Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate manufacturer (d. 1945)
- September 15 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
- October 24 - Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
- November 5 - Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)
- November 17 - George Marchant, English-born inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist (d. 1941)
- November 26 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
- November 27 - Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
- November 28 - King Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
- November 30 - Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)
- December 3 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-British novelist (d. 1924)
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- Joseph Tabrar, British songwriter (d. 1931)
- Lucy Bacon, Californian Impressionist Painter {d. 1932}
- Shibli Nomani, Indian Muslim scholar. d. 1914
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Deaths
January - June
- February 10 - David Thompson, British-Canadian explorer (b. 1770)
- February 15 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- February 16 - Elisha Kent Kane, American explorer of Arctic regions (b. 1820)
- March 11 - Manuel José Quintana, poet (b. 1772)
- March 26 - Thomas Peters, Dutch supercentenarian (b. 1745)
- May 2 - Alfred de Musset, French poet (b. 1810)
- May 11 - Eugène François Vidocq, French criminal and private detective (b. 1775)
- May 23 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
- June 30 - Alcide d'Orbigny, naturalist (b. 1802)
July - December
- July 4 - Henry Montgomery Lawrence, soldier and statesman (b. 1806)
- July 15 - Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
- July 19 - Stefano Franscini, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1796)
- July 29 - Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1803)
- August 3 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
- September 3 - John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper (b. 1784)
- November 12 - Maximilian Spinola, entomologist (b. 1780)
- November 26 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (b. 1788)
- December 3 - Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (b. 1777)
- December 15 - Sir George Cayley, English aviation pioneer (b. 1773)
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- January 13 - Thaddeus Fairbanks is awarded U.S. Patent 16,381 for a railroad scale.
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See also: 1856 in Australia, other events of 1857, 1858 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
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- March 12 - The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train. About 60 people die.
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