1854

1854 — Korea: 경상도 봉화에서 괘서한 사람들을 문초함 / China: Red Turban Rebellion / Japan: Convention of Kanagawa / United States: Gadsden Purchase

22 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897	ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912	JapanEdo period 1603–1868	United StatesUnited States 1776–
경상도 봉화에서 괘서한 사람들을 문초함KO 영의정 김좌근(金左根)이 은화를 주조하여 동전과 함께 사용할 것을 건의韓國銀行,KO 1852봉화현감 임백능(任百能) 부임 1856봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립	Red Turban Rebellion Miao Rebellion Battle of Muddy Flat 1852曾国藩组湘军。 1852Battle of Changsha 1853Nian Rebellion 1855Punti-Hakka Clan Wars: An ethnic conflict began in Guangdong between the Punti and Hakka peoples which would claim roughly a million lives. 1855Third plague pandemic 1855咸丰黄河大改道。 1856Second Opium War 1856Tianjing Incident 1856Battle of Jiangnan 1856Battle of Canton	Convention of Kanagawa Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty December — The Ansei great earthquakes series starts with the 1854 Tōkai earthquake and tsunami. February — Matthew C. Perry returns to Japan with eight Black Ships and finds that the shogunate had prepared a treaty accepting virtually all demands from President Millard Fillmore. 1854 Iga–Ueno earthquake 1853July — Matthew C. Perry arrives off the coast of Japan in four ships. Perry orders harbor buildings to be shelled to force negotiations for a letter President Millard Fillmore sent to the ruler of Japan. This incident was coined as the "Arrival of the Black Ships" in Japanese history. 1853Tokugawa Iesada, accession 1855Treaty of Shimoda 18551855 Edo earthquake 1855November — The Ansei great earthquakes series ends with the 1855 Edo earthquake followed by a devastating fire. 1855August — With the arrival of the modern Dutch paddle steamer Kankō Maru, the Tokugawa shogunate establishes the Nagasaki Naval Training Center as part of its modernization efforts to meet the perceived military threat posed by the western nations and learn Western-style science and naval theory. The cadets who attended the center such as Enomoto Takeaki and Katsu Kaishū would go on to found the Imperial Japanese Navy following the Meiji Restoration in 1868. 1856アメリカ領事タウンゼント・ハリスが下田に着任。日蘭和親条約調印。	Gadsden Purchase 피의 캔자스 Kansas–Nebraska Act Ostend Manifesto Grattan massacre Sioux Wars Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty 미류수호조약 Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan Walker Expedition into Nicaragua 1855 Know-Nothing Party, mushroom growth and sudden collapse Whig Party collapses 1852U.S. presidential election, 1852: Franklin Pierce elected president; William R. King elected vice president 1853Commodore Matthew Perry opens Japan 1853March 4, 1853 – Pierce becomes the 14th president; King becomes the 13th vice president 1853April 18, 1853 – Vice President King dies after only six weeks in office. 1855Battle of Ash Hollow 1855The Farmers' High School, which becomes Penn State University is founded. 1856U.S. presidential election, 1856: James Buchanan elected president; John C. Breckinridge, vice president 1856Pottawatomie massacre 1856Battle of Osawatomie 1856Battle of Black Jack 1856Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with his walking stick on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building 1856March 4, 1857 – Buchanan becomes the 15th president; Breckinridge becomes the 14th vice president 1856Sack of Lawrence, Kansas

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897

ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912

JapanEdo period 1603–1868

United StatesUnited States 1776–

경상도 봉화에서 괘서한 사람들을 문초함KO
영의정 김좌근(金左根)이 은화를 주조하여 동전과 함께 사용할 것을 건의韓國銀行,KO

1852봉화현감 임백능(任百能) 부임
1856봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립

Red Turban Rebellion
Miao Rebellion
Battle of Muddy Flat

1852曾国藩组湘军。
1852Battle of Changsha
1853Nian Rebellion
1855Punti-Hakka Clan Wars: An ethnic conflict began in Guangdong between the Punti and Hakka peoples which would claim roughly a million lives.
1855Third plague pandemic
1855咸丰黄河大改道。
1856Second Opium War
1856Tianjing Incident
1856Battle of Jiangnan
1856Battle of Canton

Convention of Kanagawa
Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty
December — The Ansei great earthquakes series starts with the 1854 Tōkai earthquake and tsunami.
February — Matthew C. Perry returns to Japan with eight Black Ships and finds that the shogunate had prepared a treaty accepting virtually all demands from President Millard Fillmore.
1854 Iga–Ueno earthquake

1853July — Matthew C. Perry arrives off the coast of Japan in four ships. Perry orders harbor buildings to be shelled to force negotiations for a letter President Millard Fillmore sent to the ruler of Japan. This incident was coined as the "Arrival of the Black Ships" in Japanese history.
1853Tokugawa Iesada, accession
1855Treaty of Shimoda
18551855 Edo earthquake
1855November — The Ansei great earthquakes series ends with the 1855 Edo earthquake followed by a devastating fire.
1855August — With the arrival of the modern Dutch paddle steamer Kankō Maru, the Tokugawa shogunate establishes the Nagasaki Naval Training Center as part of its modernization efforts to meet the perceived military threat posed by the western nations and learn Western-style science and naval theory. The cadets who attended the center such as Enomoto Takeaki and Katsu Kaishū would go on to found the Imperial Japanese Navy following the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
1856アメリカ領事タウンゼント・ハリスが下田に着任。日蘭和親条約調印。

Gadsden Purchase
피의 캔자스
Kansas–Nebraska Act
Ostend Manifesto
Grattan massacre
Sioux Wars
Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty
미류수호조약
Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan
Walker Expedition into Nicaragua
1855 Know-Nothing Party, mushroom growth and sudden collapse
Whig Party collapses

1852U.S. presidential election, 1852: Franklin Pierce elected president; William R. King elected vice president
1853Commodore Matthew Perry opens Japan
1853March 4, 1853 – Pierce becomes the 14th president; King becomes the 13th vice president
1853April 18, 1853 – Vice President King dies after only six weeks in office.
1855Battle of Ash Hollow
1855The Farmers' High School, which becomes Penn State University is founded.
1856U.S. presidential election, 1856: James Buchanan elected president; John C. Breckinridge, vice president
1856Pottawatomie massacre
1856Battle of Osawatomie
1856Battle of Black Jack
1856Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with his walking stick on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building
1856March 4, 1857 – Buchanan becomes the 15th president; Breckinridge becomes the 14th vice president
1856Sack of Lawrence, Kansas