October 1854

Sunday 01:

The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.

Saturday 21:

Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.

Wednesday 25:

Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade)