1857 - What happened in 1857 ?

January 1857

Friday 09:

Fort Tejon earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9

February 1857

Monday 16:

The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established. in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.

March 1857

Tuesday 03:

France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.

Friday 06:

The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.

Saturday 21:

Earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.

Monday 23:

Death of Emile L'Angelier in Glasgow, Scotland -- possibly by the hand of Madeleine Smith.

April 1857

Wednesday 01:

Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.

May 1857

Sunday 10:

Indian Mutiny: In India, the Sepoys revolt against the British Army.

Monday 11:

Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.

June 1857

Saturday 06:

Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.

July 1857

Saturday 18:

Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war on the French.

August 1857

Monday 24:

The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.

September 1857

Friday 11:

The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

Tuesday 15:

Timothy Alder patents the typesetting machine.

November 1857

Monday 16:

The relief of Lucknow. The most Victoria Crosses won in a single day (24).

December 1857

Thursday 31:

Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, as the capital of Canada