In history, year 1853 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1853.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 19 january | Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore was first performed at the Teatro Apollo in Rome. |
| 06 march | Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at Venice's La Fenice,but the performance was considered so bad that it caused the Italiancomposer to revise portions of the opera. |
| 16 april | The first passenger line of what would become Indian Railways, the state-owned railway company of India, opened between Bombay (now Mumbai) and Thane. |
| 18 april | The first train ran in India between Mumbai and Thane. It was a journey of 36km. |
| 24 september | Admiral Febvrier Despointes took formal possession of New Caledonia for France. |
| 30 november | Russian warships led by Pavel Nakhimov destroyed an Ottomanfleet of frigates at the Battle of Sinop, precipitating the Crimean War. |
| 30 december | The United States purchased approximately 29,600 sq mi(77,000 km2) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande From Mexico for $10 million. |
| 14 July | The first general elections were held in New Zealand. |
| 11 September | The first electric telegraph began at the Merchants Exchange between Point Lobos. |
| 24 September | The first provincial daily newspaper in London, the 'Northern Daily Times \' was published. |
| 19 October | The first flour mill was started in the US Hawaiian Province. |
| 24 August | New York chef George Crum made potato chips for the first time. |
| 16 April | Inauguration of Indian Railways, India's first train ran between Victoria Terminus Station and Thane in Bombay. |
| 06 January | Florida Governor Thomas Brown signed legislation that provided public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. |
| 22 February | Founded as Washington University Eliot Seminary in St. Louis. |
| 02 March | The clothing company Levi Strauss & Company was established in the United States. |
| 23 April | The first passenger train ran from Boribandar, Bombay to Thane in India. |
| 06 May | A major US rail disaster struck the 46 Norwalk, Connecticut) logo. |
| 30 June | Georges-Eugène Haasman was chosen as the priority of the Sen. department) to initiate the rebirth of Paris. |
| 14 July | The first US World's Fair began at the Crystal Palace in New York. |
| 23 August | The first real international weather organization was established in Brussels Belgium. |
| 24 September | Northern Daily Times First provincial daily newspaper launched in London. |
| 19 October | The first flour mill was started in Hawaii. |
| 04 November | Crimean War - Olenetza's War: Turkey conquered the Russians. |
| 30 December | Godsen Purchase: The United States purchased approximately 77,000 km2 (29,600 sq mi) of land from Mexico to facilitate rail building in the Southwest. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 02 September | Wilhelm Ostwald / Academic / Germany |
| 04 April | Remy de Gourmont / Poet / France |
| 13 November | John Drew / Actor / United States of America |
| 13 May | Vaiben Louis Solomon / Politician / Australia |
| 14 March | Ferdinand Hodler / Painter / Switzerland |
| 14 September | Ponnambalam Arunachalam / Politician / Sri Lanka |
| 16 January | Johnston Forbes-Robertson / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 17 July | Alexius Meinong / Philosopher / Austria |
| 17 January | T. Alexander Harrison / Painter / United States of America |
| 17 December | Pierre Paul Émile Roux / Physician / France |
| 19 August | Aleksei Brusilov / General / Russia |
| 19 December | Charles Fitzpatrick / Politician / Canada |
| 20 September | Chulalongkorn / King / Thailand |
| 21 September | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes / Academic / Netherlands |
| 22 December | Evgraf Fedorov / Mathematician / Russia |
| 26 December | René Bazin / Author / France |
| 28 August | Vladimir Shukhov / Engineer / Russia |
| 28 November | Helen Magill White / Academic / United States of America |
| 30 December | André Messager / Painist / France |
| 30 March | Vincent van Gogh / Painter / Netherlands |