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As of the start of 1856, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. Births. April 5 – Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and writer (d. 1915) July 10 – Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist (d. 1943) July 26 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer (d.
July 17 – The Great Train Wreck (the worst railroad calamity in the world to date) occurs near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. July 31 – Christchurch, New Zealand, is chartered as a city. August – Pre-human remains are found in the Neanderthal Valley in Prussia.
January 24 – U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in Bleeding Kansas to be in rebellion. January 26 – Puget Sound War / Yakima War : Battle of Seattle – Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after an all day battle with settlers.
1718: The city of New Orleans is founded by the French in North America. 1718: Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island. 1718 – 1730: Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire. 1719: The Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails.
The 1856 United States presidential election was the 18th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. In a three-way election, Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont and Know Nothing nominee Millard Fillmore. The main issue was the expansion of slavery as facilitated by the Kansas ...
Jul 9, 2019 · Quick Facts. Close. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1856. March 30: Treaty of Paris (1856) May 22: Charles Sumner is caned on the floor of the Senate. Events. January–March. January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
9月2日 —— 天京之變 發生， 太平天國 諸王內訌互殺。 10月8日 ——“ 亚罗号 事件” 10月23日 ——英军海军以“ 亚罗号事件 ”为由发动进攻， 第二次鸦片战争 开始。 祖鲁内战 ，兄弟阋墙，争夺王位。 塞奇瓦約 在12月的Ndondakusuka战役中打败翁布拉齐（Mbuyazwe，？ －1856年）。 越南 阮朝 大臣 潘清簡 奉 嗣德帝 之命，主持編纂《 欽定越史通鑑綱目 》。 在英格兰，亨利·贝塞默改革了由铁矿石炼钢的方法，发明了转化炉 它能除去生铁中的杂质，产出廉价、含碳量不同的钢。 出生. 3月6日 —— 楊仁山 ，著名 居士 ，中國近代 佛教復興運動 的奠基人，被尊稱為「近代中國佛教復興之父」。 3月15日 - 原敬 ，第19任日本首相，但是在任内被暗杀身亡。
