Year 1857 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1857

The year 1857 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1857 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
10 May	The first battle of freedom struggle started from the cantonment of Meerut.
17 May	Bahadur Shah was declared the second Mughal emperor.
18 July	Bombay University was established.
21 September	Bahadur Shah II surrendered to the British.
23 September	The Russian warship Laffert went missing in a severe storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing 826 people.
22 February	Robert Bedle Powell, the founder of the international body of scouts, was born in a religious house in London. He established an international institution of scouts with the aim of bringing forth the youth in the society and helping the weak.
21 March	The devastating earthquake in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, killed about 170,000 people.
24 January	The Universities of Calcutta and Bombay were established as the first multidisciplinary modern universities in South Asia.
24 February	The first US postage stamp was handed over to the government.
23 March	Elisha Otis established the first elevator in New York at 488 Broadway, New York City).
04 April	The Anglo and Persian Wars ended.
22 June	The Victoria and Albert Museum in London was officially opened by Queen Victoria.
24 August	The terror of 1857 was one of the most severe economic crises in US history.
13 October	Terror of 1857: New York's banks were not opened until December 12.
09 November	First copy of Atlantic Monthly magazine published.
31 December	Queen Victoria made Ottawa the capital of Canada.
09 January	A 7.9 Mw earthquake rupture part of the San Andreas Fault in California and was felt as far east as Las Vegas.
26 May	American Das Drade Scott, who had earlier sued for his freedom, was liberated by his original owner Henry Taylorblo.
24 August	New York City Branch of Ohio Life Insurance and Trustco. After a widespread embezzlement collapsed, a serious crisis arose, causing about 5,000 businesses to fail.
24 October	Sheffield FC of the world's oldest association football clubstyle was established in operations.
31 December	Rani Victoria selected Ottawa, the capital of the British colonial of Canada.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
29 March	In Barrackpore Cantonment near Kolkata, soldier Mangal Pandey opened the first shot and started a rebellion against the British Empire. This was the first rebellion in India against the British rule, called the military revolt.
08 April	Mangal Pandey, who fired the first shot at the British, was hanged during India's first freedom struggle.
10 May	Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian fighters started rebellion in Delhi from British East India Company.
15 July	Indian Rebellion of 1857: Second massacre took place in Kanpur.
24 January	The University of Calcutta, the first modern university in theIndian subcontinent, was established in Calcutta.
10 May	The constable rebellion against the company rules by the British EastIndia Company began.
27 May	Nana Saheb was caught in Kanpur. Nand Saheb, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian, Maratha elite, who led the Kanpur rebellion during the Indian rebellion of 1857. He was the adopted son of exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
11 July	Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair / Lawyer / India
16 May	Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar / Politician / India

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