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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

(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...

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

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...

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...

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 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose...

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

Events in 1856 in animation. Specific date unknown: Publication of Majama’ al-Bahrayn (1856) by al-Yaziji. It is a modern example of the maqama genre...

army were invited to Nicaragua in 1855. He seized control of the country by 1856, but was ousted the following year. Nicaragua's independence from Spain,...

Princess Pauline Friederike Marie (25 February 1810, Stuttgart – 7 July 1856, Wiesbaden) was Duchess consort of Nassau from 1829 to 1839 as the second...

The 1856 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters...

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

انگلستان, romanized: Jange Irân va Engelestan) lasted between 1 November 1856 and 4 April 1857, and was fought between the United Kingdom and Iran, which...

traditional Chinese: 英法聯軍之役)[full citation needed] was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the United Kingdom, France, and the United States against...

The 1856 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters...

The 1856 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters...

The 1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election...

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

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

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...

The 1856 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters...

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 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters...