1856 in History – What happened in year 1856

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