Year 1856 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1856

The year 1856 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1856 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
03 June	Cullen Whipple patented the screw machine.
16 July	The remarriage of Hindu widows gained legal recognition.
08 October	The Second Opium War began between the British and China.
04 November	James Buchanan became the 15th President of the United States.
07 December	For the first time in the country 'Hindu widow' was married.
08 January	Dr. John Veitch discovered 'borax' hydrated sodium borate).
07 February	The Parliament of Tasmania arranged for the first time in the world a confidential ballot.
03 April	About 4,000 people died in a BAM blast in a church in the Rhodes Islands of Greece.
08 January	A large amount of Borox deposits were discovered in California by John Vecht.
01 February	Auburn University was first hired as East Alabama Men's College.
05 March	Covent Garden Theater in London was destroyed by fire.
07 April	Nelson College was founded in New Zealand.
27 May	Doctor William Palmer Rowley Poisoner) was convicted of poisoning in Stafford, England.
17 June	The Republican Party held its first national convention in Philadelphia.
31 July	New Zealand, founded as a city.
30 August	Battle of Osawatomy: ProSlavari forces defeated the Antislavery Force in Bleeding Kansas.
24 October	Southern Australia recognized the constitution.
16 November	The Amsterdam Post Office was established in Neuvezies Vaurbergwal.
09 December	Busher surrendered to the British Army.
26 January	Puget Sound War: United States Marines from the USS Decatur defeated Native American forces after an all-day battle with settlers in Seattle, Washington.
29 January	Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issued a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that established the Victoria Cross, originally torecognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
21 May	A mob of about 800 pro-slavery Americans ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas.
22 May	US Congressman Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane for a speech in which Sumner attacked Southerners who sympathized with anti-slavery violence in Kansas.
08 June	Tahitian descendants and HMS bounty mutiners settled Norfok Island, an abandoned British punishment colony.
09 June	Mormon's pioneers began leaving the Iowa City, Iowa, and left the Salt Lake City, Utah, who moved to the west, where they took all their assets in two wheelers.
10 July	Nikola Tesla was born. He was a Serbian American engineer and inventor. His contribution to electronics is very large. He played a major role in designing the current flow in turn. The standard unit of the flux has been named Tesla to honor the great scientist.
06 November	The first work was presented by the English writer George Eliot for the view of the clerical life, publication.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
06 May	Robert Peary / Explorer / India
23 July	Bal Gangadhar Tilak / Freedom Fighter / India
01 April	Acacio Gabriel Viegas / Physician / India
04 March	Toru Dutt / Writer / India
23 July	Bal Gangadhar Tilak / Freedom Fighter / India
23 July	Bal Gangadhar Tilak / Journalist / India
24 September	Prataparayan Mishra / Writer / India
31 March	Anandi Gopal Joshi / Doctor / India

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