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 threeway 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...

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

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

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

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...

(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...

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

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

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,...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

under its imperial control.[citation needed] It made a fresh attempt in 1856 and succeeded in taking Herat on 25 October, in violation of an existing...

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

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

The 1856 United States presidential election in Texas was held on Tuesday November 4, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. State voters...

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

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

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

party's emphasis on anti-immigration and anti-Catholic policies, during the 1856 presidential election he said little about immigration, focusing on the preservation...

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