Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1856. 1856 (MDCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on...

The 1856 United States presidential election was the 18th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. In a three-way election...

1856 election may refer to: Chilean presidential election, 1856 1856 United States presidential election United States House of Representatives elections...

Events from the year 1856 in Canada. Monarch — Victoria Parliament — 5th Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head Joint Premiers...

Events from the year 1856 in art. May 1 – Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ('Lewis Carroll') takes up photography as a hobby August 25 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti...

The 1856–57 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 4, 1856, and November 4, 1857...

1856 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events The four established New York (Manhattan) clubs play nine matches between August 30 and...

The Jägergewehr 1856/59 (English: Jäger rifle 1856/59), originally designed in 1853, was intended to be a service rifle for use by the Swiss armed forces...

The year 1856 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. February – State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia...

1856 Růžena, provisional designation 1969 TW1, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.6 kilometers in diameter...

The year 1856 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. First remains of Neanderthal Man found in the Neandertal Valley...

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France...

music teacher date unknown – Ashutosh Deb, Hindu musician and composer MusicAndHistory.com:1856[permanent dead link]. Accessed 12 March 2013 "Trove"....

Events in the year 1856 in India. Queen Victoria, Monarch of United Kingdom. James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India (since...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1856. January 1 – M. H. Gill, printer to Dublin University, purchases the publishing...

Events in the year 1856 in Iceland. Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark Council President of Denmark: Peter Georg Bang (until 18 October); Carl Christian...

Events from the year 1856 in Ireland. 1 January – M. H. Gill, printer to Dublin University, purchases the publishing and bookselling business of James...

Events in the year 1856 in Belgium. Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Pierre de Decker 1 May – Railway line between Brussels and Ghent completed 26...

(Russian: Николай Николаевич Романов (младший – the younger); 18 November 1856 – 5 January 1929) was a Russian general in World War I (1914–1918). The son...

Nicaragua in 1855 with a small private army. He seized control of the country by 1856, but was ousted the following year. Nicaragua's independence from Spain,...

Events from the year 1856 in Sweden Monarch – Oscar I 7 May - The Swedish Evangelical Mission is established., 29 September - Fredrika Bremer publishes...

The 1856–57 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1856 to Wales and its people. Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of...

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1856 in Switzerland. Federal Council: Jakob Stämpfli (President) Jonas Furrer Josef Munzinger...

Events from the year 1856 in Scotland. Lord Advocate – James Moncreiff Solicitor General for Scotland – Edward Maitland Lord President of the Court of...

Events from the year 1856 in France. Monarch – Napoleon III 30 March - Treaty of Paris is signed by Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom...

(/ˈtɛslə/; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor...

towed by the frigate HMS Galatea by means of hand-worked paddles alone. In 1856 she was converted to a hospital ship, renamed Dreadnought and became the...

Nothing movement) emerged as the major challengers to the Democratic Party. By 1856, neither the Republican nor the American Party had truly supplanted the Whig...

WD 1856+534 is a white dwarf located in the constellation of Draco. At a distance of about 25 parsecs (80 ly) from Earth, it is the outer component of...