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Countries:     Australia - Canada - Germany - Ireland - New Zealand - Norway - South Africa - U. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of Electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1856 in Archaeology Explorations Excavations Finds Neanderthal Man The year 1856 in architecture involved some significant events Events Awards Austrian Imperial Prize for Sculpture - Joseph Boehm Works See also Samuel The year 1856 in literature involved some significant new books Events Works published Elizabeth Barrett Browning 's Aurora Leigh Victor Hugo 's Les Contemplations Events Foundation of the Teatro de la Zarzuela by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. The year 1856 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Baseball The four established New York (Manhattan clubs play nine matches between August 30 and October 28 Events January events January &ndash Opening throughout of first railroad in Africa and the Middle East, from Alexandria See also 1855 in Australia, other events of 1856, 1857 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1855 in Canada, other events of 1856, 1857 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Events Arts and literature Sport Births 14 February - Frank Harris, author editor journalist and publisher Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1856 is 58300 Māori and 45540 non-Māori See also 1855 in South Africa, other events of 1856, 1857 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. S. - UK

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Year 1856 (MDCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Henry Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 1855 state leaders - Events of 1856 - 1857 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Portugal Angola - José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola ( 1854 &ndash 1860) Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter FE) such as 2008. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter AG) such as 2012. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Contents 1 Events of 1856 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 1.4 Ongoing events 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths

Events of 1856

January - June

• January 8 - Borax is discovered (John Veatch). Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Borax (from Persian burah) also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important Boron John Veatch, a surgeon, surveyor, and Scientist, was known for his discovery of large deposits of Borax in Mineral water at Tuscan
• January 24 - U. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in Bleeding Kansas to be in rebellion. Franklin Pierce (November 23 1804 &ndash October 8 1869 was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to The Topeka Constitutional Convention was held in October 1855 in the town of Topeka, Kansas Territory. Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events involving Free-Staters
• January 26 - First Battle of Seattle (1856). Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856 attack by Native Americans upon Seattle Washington. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
• January 29 - Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross
• February - The Tintic War in Utah. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since Overview February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the The Tintic War was a short series of skirmishes occurring in February 1856 in the Tintic and Cedar Valleys of Utah, occurring after the conclusion of the Walker War The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States.
• February 1 - Auburn University is first chartered as the East Alabama Male College. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Auburn University ( AU or Auburn) is a State university located in Auburn, Alabama, U
• February 2 - Dallas, Texas incorporated as a city. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor
• February 7 - The nawab of Oudh Wajid Ali Shah is exiled to Metiabruz
• February 18 - The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince A Nawab or Nawaab ( Urdu: نواب Hindi: नवाब was originally the Subedar (provincial governor or viceroy of a For the Oudh tree see Agarwood. Awadh ( Hindi: अवध Urdu: اودھ) also known in various British historical texts as Oudh Wajid Ali Shah (نواب واجد على شاه (official name. Metiabruz is a neighbourhood on the southern fringe of Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy The Know Nothing movement was a Nativist American political movement of the 1850s Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Millard Fillmore ( January 7 1800 &ndash March 8 1874 was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig
• March 5 - Fire destroys Covent Garden Theatre
• March 6 - Maryland Agricultural College (present-day University of Maryland, College Park) chartered
• March 9 - National Fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Sigma Alpha Epsilon (also known as SΑΕ) is a secret letter social college fraternity Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America.
• March 20 - Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers
• March 24 - Taiping Rebellion: Suspecting treachery on the part of East King Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai garrisons Anhui and begins his march back to the Heavenly Capital, having defeated a strong Xiang Army dettachment. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in William Walker ( May 8, 1824 &ndash September 12, 1860) was an American filibuster, adventurer and Mercenary Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China Yang Xiuqing ( Chinese 楊秀清 Wade-Giles Yang Hsiu-Ch'ing (died September 2/3 1856 organizer and Commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion Shi Dakai (1820- 25 June 1863 (石達開 born in Guigang Guangxi, also known as Wing King (Lord of Five Thousand Years was a commander in the Taiping Anhui (in Chinese: 安徽 Ānhuī) is a province of the People's Republic of China.
• March 31 - The Treaty of Paris (1856) is signed, ending the Crimean War

• April 7 - Foundation of Nelson College, Nelson, New Zealand
• April 10 - Theta Chi Fraternity founded at Norwich University
• May 1 - The creation of Isabela province in the Philippines in honor to the Queen of Spain, Queen Isabela II. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Nelson College is a boys-only state secondary school in Nelson New Zealand. History Early settlement Settlement of Nelson began about 1100 years ago by Māori Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Theta Chi Fraternity (ΘΧ is an international college fraternity. Norwich University (NU is a Private university located in Northfield, Vermont. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Isabela is the second largest province of the Philippines next to Palawan. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP "Isabella II" redirects here For the Queen of Jerusalem also known as Isabella II see Yolande of Jerusalem.
• May 16 - the Vigilance Committee founded in San Francisco, California. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. A vigilance committee, in the 19th century United States, was a group of private citizens who organized themselves for self-protection The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city It lynches two gangsters, arrests most Democratic Party officials and disbands itself on August 18
• May 21 - Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces (the "Sacking of Lawrence"). For other uses see Gangsta. A gangster is a criminal who is or at some point almost invariably becomes a member of a persistent violent The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the US State of Kansas and the County seat of Douglas County. Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth In the summer of 1856 the Sacking of Lawrence helped ratchet up the guerrilla war in Kansas Territory that became known as " Bleeding Kansas.
• May 22 - Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Preston Smith Brooks ( August 5, 1819 &ndash January 27, 1857) was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Charles Sumner (January 6 1811 &ndash March 11 1874 was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events involving Free-Staters Sumner was unable to return to duty for three years while he recovered. Brooks became a hero across the South.
• May 24 - The Pottawatomie Massacre - group of followers of radical abolitionist John Brown kill five homesteaders in Franklin County, Kansas
• June 2 - Battle of Black Jack between proslavery and antislavery forces, led by John Brown, in Bleeding Kansas. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned The Pottawatomie Massacre occurred during the night of May 24 and the morning of May 25, 1856. Abolitionism was a political movement of the 18th and 19th century which sought to make Slavery illegal particularly in the United States and British West Indies John Brown (May 9 1800 December 2 1859 was an American Abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed Insurrection as a means to end all Slavery Franklin County (county code FR) is a county located in East Central Kansas, in the Central United States. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks The Battle of Black Jack took place on June 2, 1856, when anti- slavery forces led by the noted abolitionist John Brown, attacked John Brown (May 9 1800 December 2 1859 was an American Abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed Insurrection as a means to end all Slavery Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events involving Free-Staters
• June 9 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the LDS Church to Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Iowa City Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area which Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U
• June 13 - Taiping Rebellion: Shi Dakai arrives at Nanjing. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China Shi Dakai (1820- 25 June 1863 (石達開 born in Guigang Guangxi, also known as Wing King (Lord of Five Thousand Years was a commander in the Taiping ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles

July - December

• July 17 - The Great Train Wreck of 1856 was the worst railroad calamity in the world to date, occurring near Philadelphia, PA, USA. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred between Camp Hill and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, on July 17, 1856.
• July 31 - Christchurch, New Zealand chartered as a city. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand
• August 10 - Hurricane destroys Last Island, Louisiana - 400 dead. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding Last Island (also called Isle Derniere) is a Barrier island and was a pleasure resort southwest of New Orleans on the south shore of Louisiana The whole island was broken up into several smaller islands by the storm.
• August 30 - Battle of Osawatomie between proslavery and antislavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and The Battle of Osawatomie happened in August 30 1856 when 250-300 Border Ruffians led by John W Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events involving Free-Staters
• September 1 - Seton Hall University was founded by Archdiocese of Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, a cousin of U. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. James Roosevelt Bayley, DD ( August 23, 1814 – October 3, 1877) was the first Bishop of Newark New Jersey, and the eighth S. President Theodore Roosevelt and nephew of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton ( August 28, 1774 &ndash January 4, 1821) was the first native-born Citizen of the United States
• September 2 - Taiping Rebellion: Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang assassinate Yang Xiuqing. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China Wei Changhui (韋昌輝 was the North King of the Taiping Rebellion. Yang Xiuqing ( Chinese 楊秀清 Wade-Giles Yang Hsiu-Ch'ing (died September 2/3 1856 organizer and Commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
• October 8 - The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war of the United Kingdom China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Zhu Jiang, ( Chinese 珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng or Pearl River or less commonly the Canton River, is China 's third longest
• November 1 - Anglo-Persian War: War Is declared between Great Britain and Persia. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi The Anglo-Persian War lasted between 1 November 1856 and 4 April 1857 and was fought between the United Kingdom and Persia (which was at the time ruled by the See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia
• November 4 - U.S. presidential election, 1856: Democrat James Buchanan defeats former President Millard Fillmore, representing a coalition of "Know-Nothings" and Whigs, and John C. Frémont of the fledgling Republican Party to become the 15th President of the United States. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani The United States presidential election of 1856 was unusually heated The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. James Buchanan Jr (April 23 1791 – June 1 1868 was the fifteenth President of the United States (1857–1861 Millard Fillmore ( January 7 1800 &ndash March 8 1874 was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig The Know Nothing movement was a Nativist American political movement of the 1850s The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. John Charles Frémont ( January 21, 1813 July 13, 1890) was an American military officer, explorer, the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• November 11 - Taiping Rebellion: Shi Dakai arrives at the Heavenly Capital once more with 100,000 men and demands that Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang be executed. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China Shi Dakai (1820- 25 June 1863 (石達開 born in Guigang Guangxi, also known as Wing King (Lord of Five Thousand Years was a commander in the Taiping Wei Changhui (韋昌輝 was the North King of the Taiping Rebellion. Shi subsequently becomes head of the government.
• November 17 - American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Sonoita Creek is a Stream in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It originates near and takes its name from the abandoned Pima mission in the high valley The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Fort Buchanan, Arizona was located 3 miles west of present day Sonoita Arizona in what is now called "Hog Canyon" The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla or Treaty of La Mesilla in Mexico is a region of what is today southern Arizona and New Mexico
• November 21 - Niagara University founded in Niagara Falls, New York. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Niagara University is a Roman Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition located in the Town of Lewiston in Niagara County New York Niagara Falls is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States.
• December 9 - Bushehr surrenders to the British. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Bushehr or Bushire ( Persian:بوشهر pop 165377 (in 2005) is a city on the southwestern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927

Undated

• Gregor Mendel starts his research on genetics. Gregor Johann Mendel ( July 20, 1822 &ndash January 6, 1884) was Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is
• British Country and Borough Police Act extends London police model to all of England and Wales. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• Kate Warne, the first female private detective, begins to work for the Pinkerton Detective Agency
• Pre-human remains found in the Neanderthal valley in Germany. Kate Warne ( 1833 - January 28, 1868) was the first female Detective in the United States. A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake "We Never Sleep" the famous motto of the Pinkerton Agency redirects here The Neandertal is a small valley of the river Düssel in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about east of Düsseldorf Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• National Portrait Gallery in London opened. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• Founding year of St. Paul's School, Camp, Belgaum. St Paul's High School is a Jesuit -run High School located in the Cantonment area in Belgaum Belgaum (
• Western Union is founded. The Western Union Company ( is a financial services and communications company based in the United States.

Ongoing events

• Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857)
• Crimean War (1854-1856)
• Second Opium War (1856-1860)
• Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864)

Births

1856 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1856 MDCCCLVI
Ab urbe condita	2609
Armenian calendar	1305 ԹՎ ՌՅԵ
Bahá'í calendar	12 – 13
Berber calendar	2806
Buddhist calendar	2400
Burmese calendar	1218
Chinese calendar	4492/4552-11-24 (乙卯年十一月廿四日) — to — 4493/4553-12-5 (丙辰年十二月初五日)
Coptic calendar	1572 – 1573
Ethiopian calendar	1848 – 1849
Hebrew calendar	5616 – 5617
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1911 – 1912
- Shaka Samvat	1778 – 1779
- Kali Yuga	4957 – 4958
Holocene calendar	11856
Iranian calendar	1234 – 1235
Islamic calendar	1272 – 1273
Japanese calendar	Ansei 3 (安政3年)
Korean calendar	4189
Thai solar calendar	2399
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• January 11 - Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. The Anglo-Persian War lasted between 1 November 1856 and 4 April 1857 and was fought between the United Kingdom and Persia (which was at the time ruled by the Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war of the United Kingdom Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Kaei and before Man'en. This period spanned the years from 1854 through 1860. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Christian August Sinding ( January 11, 1856 &ndash December 3, 1941) was a Norwegian Composer and the brother of the 1941)
• January 12 - John Singer Sargent, American-born artist (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople John Singer Sargent (January 12 1856 &ndash April 14 1925 was the most successful portrait painter of his era During his career he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 1925)
• February 2 - Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Frederick William Vanderbilt ( February 2 1856 &ndash June 29 1938) was a member of the financially and socially preeminent Vanderbilt 1938)
• February 14 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Frank Harris ( February 14, 1856 &ndash August 27, 1931) was a naturalised American Author of British origin editor, 1931)
• March 4 - Alfred William Rich, English watercolour painter and author (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Alfred William Rich (March 4 1856 between Scaynes Hill and Lindfield, Sussex – September 7 1921 Tewkesbury) was an English 1921)
• March 8
  • Bramwell Booth, Salvation Army general (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. 1929)
  • Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas William Roberts ( 9 March 1856 &ndash 14 September 1931) usually known simply as Tom was a famous Australian artist and a key 1931)
• March 16 - Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph, Prince Imperial, son of French Emperor Napoleon III (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king This article refers to the son of Napoleon III For the stepson of Napoleon I see Eugène de Beauharnais Biography At the outbreak of the Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President 1879)
• March 20
  • Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Sir John Lavery ( 20 March, 1856 &ndash 10 January, 1941) was an Irish painter best known for his portraits 1941)
  • Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor and efficiency expert (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frederick Winslow Taylor ( 20 March 1856 &ndash 21 March 1915) widely known as F 1915)
• April 5 - Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5 1856 &ndash November 14 1915 was an American educator orator author and leader of the African-American community 1915)
• April 12 - William Martin Conway, British art critic and mountaineer (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. William Martin Conway 1st (and last Baron Conway of Allington ( April 12 1856 at Rochester England &ndash April 19 1937 1937)
• April 24 - Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain) 1951)
• April 26 - Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Sir Joseph George Ward 1st Baronet, GCMG (1856 - 1930 was Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the early 20th century The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in 1930)
• April 27 - Tongzhi Emperor, Emperor of China (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated The Tongzhi Emperor, born Zaichun ( April 27, 1856 &ndash January 12, 1875) was the ninth emperor of the Manchu 1875)
• May 6
  • Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Sigmund Freud (ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfʁɔʏt born Sigismund Shlomo Freud (May 6 1856 &ndash September 23 1939 was an Austrian Psychiatrist who founded 1939)
  • Robert Peary, American Arctic explorer (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Edwin Peary ( May 6, 1856 &ndash February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed 1920)
• May 15 - L. Frank Baum, American author (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker 1919)
• June 14 - Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Andrey (Andrei Andreyevich Markov (Андрей Андреевич Марков (June 14 1856 N 1922)

July - December

• July 23 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian political activist (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak (बाळ गंगाधर टिळक ( July 23 1856 - August 1 1920) was an Indian nationalist 1920)
• July 10 - Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. There have already been discussions about Tesla's ethnicity on the talk page 1943)
• July 26 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1950)
• August 10 - William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire William Willett ( 10 August 1856 &ndash 4 March 1915) is the inventor of Daylight saving time. 1915)
• August 13 - Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919 Australian politician was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1919)
• August 15 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian poet, critic, journalist and political activist (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Ivan Yakovych Franko (Івáн Якович Франкó ( &ndash) was a Ukrainian poet writer social and literary critic journalist economist and political activist Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens 1916)
• September 1 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Sergei Nikolaievich Winogradsky (or Vinogradskii Сергей Николаевич Виноградский ( September 1, 1856 - February 25, 1953)
• September 18 - Wilhelm von Gloeden, German photographer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Wilhelm von Gloeden ( September 16, 1856 &ndash February 16, 1931) was a German Photographer who worked mainly in 1931)
• November 13 - Louis Brandeis, U. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Louis Dembitz Brandeis ( November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was an American litigator, Supreme Court Justice, advocate S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941)
• November 21 - William Emerson Ritter, American biologist (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. William Emerson Ritter PhD (1856&ndash1944 was an American biologist 1944)
• November 22 - Heber J. Grant, seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Heber Jeddy Grant ( November 22, 1856 &ndash May 14, 1945) was the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known 1945)
• November 24 - Bat Masterson, American lawman (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal William Barclay "Bat" Masterson ( November 26, 1853 &ndash October 25, 1921) was a figure of the American Old West 1921)
• November 29 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (November 29 1856 January 1 1921 was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917 The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1921)
• December 11 - Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (Георгий Валентинович Плеханов ( December 11, 1856 &ndash May 30, 1918; 1918)
• December 13 - Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Svetozar Borojević (or Boroević von Bojna ( December 13, 1856 &ndash May 23, 1920) was a successful Croatian defensive military 1920)
• December 18 - J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Sir Joseph John “JJ” Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 &ndash 30 August 1940 was a British Physicist and Nobel laureate The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1940)

December 20 -- Woodrow Wilson is born, Staunton Virginia, President USA, Nobel Prize in Peace,

• December 22 - Frank B. Kellogg, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Frank Billings Kellogg ( December 22, 1856 – December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer Politician and Statesman The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1937)
• December 25 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Hans von Bartels ( December 25 1856 - October 5 1913) German painter, was born in Hamburg, the son of Dr 1913)
• December 28 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1924)

See also Category: 1856 births. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

• January 16 - Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Thaddeus William Harris ( November 12, 1795 &ndash January 16, 1856) was an American entomologist and botanist 1795)
• January 31 - Khedrup Gyatso, eleventh Dalai Lama (b. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Khedrup Gyatso was born on 1st November 1838 at Gathar (Gar-tar in Kham Minyak to Tsetan Dhondup and Yungdrung Bhuti The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people according to Tibetan Buddhism. 1838)
• February 17 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Christian Johann Heinrich Heine ( December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a Journalist, Essayist and one of the 1797)
• May 3 - Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (b. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Adolphe Charles Adam ( July 24, 1803 &ndash May 3, 1803)
• June 23 - Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Ivan Vasilievich Kireevsky ( 3 April, 1806 — 23 June, 1856) was a Russian literary critic and philosopher who together with 1806)
• July 9 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregna e di Cerreto, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto was an Italian Savant. 1776)
• July 29 - Robert Schumann, German composer and pianist
• August 29 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (née Galton b November 25, 1778 - d 1778)
• August 30 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Gilbert Abbott à Beckett ( January 9, 1811 &ndash August 30, 1856) was an English humorist 1811)
• October 19 - William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. William Sprague, also known as William III or William Sprague III ( November 3, 1799 &ndash October 19, 1856) was a 1799)
• December 20 - Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Francesco Bentivegna ( March 4, 1820 - December 20, 1856) was an Italian patriot who led various revolts in Sicily against the 1820)

See also Category: 1856 deaths. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

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