1855

1855 — China: Punti-Hakka Clan Wars: An ethnic conflict began in Guangdong between the Punti and Hakka peoples which would claim roughly a million lives / Japan: Treaty of Shimoda / United States: Battle of Ash Hollow

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KoreaJoseon 1392–1897	ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912	JapanEdo period 1603–1868	United StatesUnited States 1776–
No events recorded for this year 1854경상도 봉화에서 괘서한 사람들을 문초함 1854영의정 김좌근(金左根)이 은화를 주조하여 동전과 함께 사용할 것을 건의韓國銀行, 1856봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립	Punti-Hakka Clan Wars: An ethnic conflict began in Guangdong between the Punti and Hakka peoples which would claim roughly a million lives. Third plague pandemic 咸丰黄河大改道。ZH 1853Nian Rebellion 1854Red Turban Rebellion 1854Miao Rebellion 1854Battle of Muddy Flat 1856Second Opium War 1856Tianjing Incident 1856Battle of Jiangnan 1856Battle of Canton (1856) 1857Battle of Canton (1857) 1857Ningpo massacre	Treaty of Shimoda 1855 Edo earthquake November — The Ansei great earthquakes series ends with the 1855 Edo earthquake followed by a devastating fire. August — 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. 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 1854Convention of Kanagawa 1854Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty 1854December — The Ansei great earthquakes series starts with the 1854 Tōkai earthquake and tsunami. 1854February — 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. 18541854 Iga–Ueno earthquake 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。	Battle of Ash Hollow The Farmers' High School, which becomes Penn State University is founded. 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. 1854Gadsden Purchase 1854피의 캔자스 1854Kansas–Nebraska Act 1854Ostend Manifesto 1854Grattan massacre 1854Sioux Wars 1854Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty 1854미류수호조약 1854Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan 1854Walker Expedition into Nicaragua 18541855 Know-Nothing Party, mushroom growth and sudden collapse 1854Whig Party collapses 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 1857Dred Scott v. Sandford 60 US 393 1857 declares that slaves and Blacks descended from slaves were not American citizens and cannot sue 1857Utah War 18571857 Fort Tejon earthquake 1857Lecompton Constitution 1857Panic of 1857 1857Halloway massacre 1857San Francisco Board of Education established Minns Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers, which becomes San Jose State University

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897

ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912

JapanEdo period 1603–1868

United StatesUnited States 1776–

No events recorded for this year

1854경상도 봉화에서 괘서한 사람들을 문초함
1854영의정 김좌근(金左根)이 은화를 주조하여 동전과 함께 사용할 것을 건의韓國銀行,
1856봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립

Punti-Hakka Clan Wars: An ethnic conflict began in Guangdong between the Punti and Hakka peoples which would claim roughly a million lives.
Third plague pandemic
咸丰黄河大改道。ZH

1853Nian Rebellion
1854Red Turban Rebellion
1854Miao Rebellion
1854Battle of Muddy Flat
1856Second Opium War
1856Tianjing Incident
1856Battle of Jiangnan
1856Battle of Canton (1856)
1857Battle of Canton (1857)
1857Ningpo massacre

Treaty of Shimoda
1855 Edo earthquake
November — The Ansei great earthquakes series ends with the 1855 Edo earthquake followed by a devastating fire.
August — 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.

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
1854Convention of Kanagawa
1854Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty
1854December — The Ansei great earthquakes series starts with the 1854 Tōkai earthquake and tsunami.
1854February — 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.
18541854 Iga–Ueno earthquake
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。

Battle of Ash Hollow
The Farmers' High School, which becomes Penn State University is founded.

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.
1854Gadsden Purchase
1854피의 캔자스
1854Kansas–Nebraska Act
1854Ostend Manifesto
1854Grattan massacre
1854Sioux Wars
1854Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty
1854미류수호조약
1854Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan
1854Walker Expedition into Nicaragua
18541855 Know-Nothing Party, mushroom growth and sudden collapse
1854Whig Party collapses
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
1857Dred Scott v. Sandford 60 US 393 1857 declares that slaves and Blacks descended from slaves were not American citizens and cannot sue
1857Utah War
18571857 Fort Tejon earthquake
1857Lecompton Constitution
1857Panic of 1857
1857Halloway massacre
1857San Francisco Board of Education established Minns Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers, which becomes San Jose State University