14 events found for 1856
Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the Universit
Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the h
John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the
Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail
Christchurch, New Zealand, is chartered as a city.
The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.
An M 7.7–8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete cause major damage as far as Egypt and Malta.
An M 7.7–8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete causes major damage as far as Egypt and Malta.
Second Opium War: Dissatisfied with imperial commissioner Ye Mingchen's reparations for the alleged slighting of a…