1857

Year 1857 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - June

 * - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed ) is established in, becoming the first school for the advanced education of the.
 * - and the  formally declare war on  in the.
 * - End of term for . He is succeeded by.
 * - The rules in the  case, driving the country further towards the.
 * - in,  kills over 100,000.
 * - ' first is installed (at 488, ).
 * - : The 3rd Light Cavalry of the 's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion.
 * - : Indian combatants capture from the East India Company.
 * - marries the future   of.

July - December

 * - : The second massacre at takes place.
 * - established.
 * - in.
 * - The sinks off the coast of North Carolina, killing 425 people.
 * -, the world's first team, is founded in ,.
 * - End of term for . He is succeeded by.
 * - An with an estimated  of 6.9 kills 11,000 people in,.
 * - Queen chooses  as the capital of.

Undated

 * without approval becomes legal in.
 * Speculation in railway shares causes financial crisis in.
 * The abandon.
 * Founding of.
 * Restoration of the Mexican republic (see ).
 * Discovery of artifacts in  by.
 * established.
 * The is finally destroyed by the.
 * The of  are demolished, allowing the construction of the.
 * ,  proposes  for.
 * Biggest newspaper  is established by.

January - June

 * -, French caricaturist and animator (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Husband of author (d. , )
 * - Lord, English founder of the movement (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, Austrian neuroscientist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, statistician (d. )
 * -, French telegraph engineer (d. )
 * -, first Prince of Bulgaria (d. )
 * -, Governor of West Virginia (d. )
 * -, English physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Scottish astronomer (d. )
 * -, American pharmacologist (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * , English composer (d. )
 * , Danish writer, laureate (d. )
 * , Danish writer, laureate (d. )

July - December

 * -, Islamic Scholar(d. )
 * -, German linguist (d. )
 * -, Danish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Officer and co-founder of  (d. )
 * -, Norwegian economist (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, Russian scientist and inventor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , Polish peasant and revolutionary (d. )
 * , American chocolate manufacturer (d. )
 * -, 27th (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, English-born inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, Swiss linguist (d. )
 * -, English physiologist, laureate (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Polish-British novelist (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , British songwriter (d. )
 * , Californian Painter {d. }
 * , Indian Muslim scholar. d.
 * , Indian Muslim scholar. d.


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, British-Canadian explorer (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, American explorer of Arctic regions (b. )
 * -, poet (b. )
 * -, Dutch supercentenarian (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, French criminal and private detective (b. )
 * -, early Mormon church leader, murdered (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, naturalist (b. )
 * -, soldier and statesman (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French naturalist and ornithologist (b. )
 * -, French novelist (b. )
 * -, Canadian trapper (b. )
 * -, entomologist (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, German sculptor (b. )
 * -, English aviation pioneer (b. )


 * See also .