1856

Year 1856 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - June

 * - is discovered.
 * - U.S. President declares the new   in  to be in rebellion.
 * - Queen institutes the
 * - The in.
 * - is first chartered as the East Alabama Male College.
 * - The of   is exiled to
 * - The American Party convene in  to nominate their first  candidate, former President.
 * - Fire destroys
 * - (present-day ) chartered
 * - National Fraternity is founded at the  in,.
 * - n troops rout 's soldiers
 * - : Suspecting treachery on the part of East King, garrisons  and begins his march back to the Heavenly Capital, having defeated a strong Xiang Army dettachment.
 * - The is signed, ending the
 * - Foundation of ,
 * - Fraternity founded at
 * - The creation of in the  in honor to the Queen of Spain, Queen.
 * - the founded in . It lynches two s, arrests most  officials and disbands itself on
 * - is captured and burned by pro- forces (the "").
 * -  of  beats   with a cane in the hall of the  for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro- violence in  (""). Sumner was unable to return to duty for three years while he recovered. Brooks became a hero across the South.
 * - The - group of followers of radical   kill five homesteaders in
 * - between proslavery and antislavery forces, led by, in.
 * - 500 s leave and head west for  carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
 * - : arrives at.

July - December

 * - was the worst railroad calamity in the world to date, occurring near Philadelphia, PA, USA.
 * - chartered as a city.
 * - destroys  - 400 dead. The whole island was broken up into several smaller islands by the storm.
 * - between proslavery and antislavery forces in.
 * - was founded by Archdiocese of Newark Bishop, a cousin of  and nephew of.
 * - : and Qin Rigang assassinate.
 * - The between several western powers and  begins with the Arrow Incident on the.
 * - : War Is declared between and.
 * - :  defeats former President, representing a coalition of "" and , and  of the fledgling  to become the 15th.
 * - : arrives at the Heavenly Capital once more with 100,000 men and demands that  and Qin Rigang be executed. Shi subsequently becomes head of the government.
 * - : On the in present-day southern, the  establishes  in order to help control new land acquired in the.
 * - founded in.
 * - surrenders to the.

Undated

 * starts his research on.
 * British Country and Borough Police Act extends London model to all of  and.
 * , the first female, begins to work for the
 * Pre-human remains found in the in.
 * in opened.
 * Founding year of, Camp,.
 * is founded.

Ongoing events

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 * (-1856)
 * (1856-)

January - June

 * -, Norwegian composer (d. )
 * -, American-born artist (d. )
 * -, American railway magnate (d. )
 * -, Irish author and editor (d. )
 * -, English watercolour painter and author (d. )
 * , Salvation Army general (d. )
 * , Australian artist (d. )
 * -, Prince Imperial, son of French Emperor (d. )
 * Sir, Irish artist (d. )
 * , American inventor and efficiency expert (d. )
 * -, American educator (d. )
 * -, British art critic and mountaineer (d. )
 * -, French soldier and statesman (d. )
 * - Sir, 17th (d. )
 * -, Emperor of China (d. )
 * , Austrian psychiatrist (d. )
 * , American Arctic explorer (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * , American Arctic explorer (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )

July - December

 * -, Indian political activist (d. )
 * -, Serbian inventor (d. )
 * -, Irish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (d. )
 * -, second (d. )
 * -, poet, critic, journalist and political activist (d. )
 * -, Russian scientist (d. )
 * -, German photographer (d. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. )
 * -, American biologist (d. )
 * -, seventh president of (d. )
 * -, American lawman (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (d. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, , recipient of the (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, 28th , recipient of the (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, American naturalist (b. )
 * -, eleventh (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. )
 * -, Italian chemist (b. )
 * -, German composer and pianist
 * -, British Christian writer (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, American politician from Rhode Island (b. )


 * See also .