In history, year 1856 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 1856 .
Top Historical Events of the Year 1856: Date/Month Event / Incidence / Incident 26 january Puget Sound War: United States Marines from the USS Decatur defeated Native American forces after an all-day battle with settlers in Seattle, Washington. 29 january Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issued a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that established the Victoria Cross, originally torecognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. 21 may A crowd of about 800 pro-slavery Americans ransacked the townof Lawrence, Kansas. 22 may US Congressman Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas. 08 june Descendants of Tahitians and the HMS Bounty mutineers settledon Norfolk Island, an abandoned British penal colony. 09 june Mormon pioneers began leaving Iowa City, Iowa, and headed westfor Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeledhandcarts. 10 july Nikola Tesla was born. He was an Serbian American engineer and inventor. His contribution to the electronics is huge. He played a major role in design of alternating current flow. The standard unit of flux is given name of Tesla to honour the great scientist. 06 november Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work by English authorGeorge Eliot was submitted for publication. 03 June Cullen Whipple patented the screw machine. 16 July The remarriage of Hindu widows gained legal recognition. 08 October The Second Opium War began between the British and China. 04 November James Buchanan became the 15th President of the United States. 07 December For the first time in the country \ Hindu widow ' was married. 08 January Dr. John Veitch discovered \ borax hydrated sodium borate). 07 February The Parliament of Tasmania arranged for the first time in the world a confidential ballot. 03 April About 4,000 people died in a BAM blast in a church in the Rhodes Islands of Greece. 08 January A large amount of Borox deposits were discovered in California by John Vecht. 01 February Auburn University was first hired as East Alabama Men's College. 05 March Covent Garden Theater in London was destroyed by fire. 07 April Nelson College was founded in New Zealand. 27 May Doctor William Palmer Rowley Poisoner) was convicted of poisoning in Stafford, England. 17 June The Republican Party held its first national convention in Philadelphia. 31 July New Zealand, founded as a city. 30 August Battle of Osawatomy: ProSlavari forces defeated the Antislavery Force in Bleeding Kansas. 24 October Southern Australia recognized the constitution. 16 November The Amsterdam Post Office was established in Neuvezies Vaurbergwal. 09 December Busher surrendered to the British Army.
Famous birthdays in the year 1856: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 02 February Makar Yekmalyan / Composer / Armenia 03 November Jim McCormick / Baseball Player / United States of America 03 September Louis Sullivan / Educator / United States of America 04 March Alfred William Rich / Author / United Kingdom 06 May Sigmund Freud / Scientist / Czech Republic 06 January Giuseppe Martucci / Pianist / Italy 09 March Eddie Foy / Actor / United States of America 11 April Arthur Shrewsbury / Cricketer / United Kingdom 11 January Christian Sinding / Composer / Norway 13 November Louis Brandeis / Lawyer / United States of America 13 May Tom O'Rourke / Boxer / United States of America 20 March John Lavery / Painter / Ireland 20 August Jakub Bart-Ćišinski / Poet / Germany 21 May José Batlle y Ordóñez / Politician / Uruguay 22 December Frank B. Kellogg / Politician / United States of America 22 June H. Rider Haggard / Novelist / United Kingdom 25 December Pud Galvin / Baseball Player / United States of America 25 May Louis Franchet d'Espèrey / General / Algeria 28 December Woodrow Wilson / Politician / United States of America 28 September Kate Douglas Wiggin / Author / United States of America
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1856: Year Name / Profession / Country NA September Prataparayan Mishra / Writer / India 23 July Bal Gangadhar Tilak / Freedom Fighter / India 23 July Bal Gangadhar Tilak / Journalist / India 01 April Acacio Gabriel Viegas / Physician / India 04 March Toaru Dutt / Writer / India
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