1856

1856 — Korea: 봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립 / China: Second Opium War / Japan: 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 / United States: U.S. presidential election, 1856: James Buchanan elected president; John C. Breckinridge, vice president

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KoreaJoseon 1392–1897	ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912	JapanEdo period 1603–1868	United StatesUnited States 1776–
봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립KO 1854경상도 봉화에서 괘서한 사람들을 문초함 1854영의정 김좌근(金左根)이 은화를 주조하여 동전과 함께 사용할 것을 건의韓國銀行, 1858독립운동가 석주 이상룡(石州李相龍) 출생 1858운강 이강년(雲崗李康秊) 출생	Second Opium War Tianjing Incident Battle of Jiangnan Battle of Canton (1856) 1854Red Turban Rebellion 1854Miao Rebellion 1854Battle of Muddy Flat 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。 1857Battle of Canton (1857) 1857Ningpo massacre 1858Battle of Taku Forts 1858Battle of Sanhe 1858May — The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Aigun, ceding to Russia the land north of the Amur River. 1858June — Second Opium War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Tientsin, under which foreigners were granted greater freedom of movement within China and France and the United Kingdom were promised war reparations. 1858清廷簽署中俄、中美、中英、中法的《天津條約》。	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。JA 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 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. 1858Tokugawa Iemochi, accession 18581858 Hietsu earthquake 1858August — The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce and other Ansei Treaties were signed, resulting in Ansei Purge.	U.S. presidential election, 1856: James Buchanan elected president; John C. Breckinridge, vice president Pottawatomie massacre Battle of Osawatomie Battle of Black Jack Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with his walking stick on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building March 4, 1857 – Buchanan becomes the 15th president; Breckinridge becomes the 14th vice president Sack of Lawrence, Kansas 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 1855Battle of Ash Hollow 1855The Farmers' High School, which becomes Penn State University is founded. 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 1858Minnesota becomes a state 1858Treaty of Tientsin 1858Lincoln–Douglas debates 1858Battle of Four Lakes 1858Battle of Spokane Plains 1858Transatlantic cable laid

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897

ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912

JapanEdo period 1603–1868

United StatesUnited States 1776–

봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립KO

1854경상도 봉화에서 괘서한 사람들을 문초함
1854영의정 김좌근(金左根)이 은화를 주조하여 동전과 함께 사용할 것을 건의韓國銀行,
1858독립운동가 석주 이상룡(石州李相龍) 출생
1858운강 이강년(雲崗李康秊) 출생

Second Opium War
Tianjing Incident
Battle of Jiangnan
Battle of Canton (1856)

1854Red Turban Rebellion
1854Miao Rebellion
1854Battle of Muddy Flat
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。
1857Battle of Canton (1857)
1857Ningpo massacre
1858Battle of Taku Forts
1858Battle of Sanhe
1858May — The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Aigun, ceding to Russia the land north of the Amur River.
1858June — Second Opium War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Tientsin, under which foreigners were granted greater freedom of movement within China and France and the United Kingdom were promised war reparations.
1858清廷簽署中俄、中美、中英、中法的《天津條約》。

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。JA

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
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.
1858Tokugawa Iemochi, accession
18581858 Hietsu earthquake
1858August — The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce and other Ansei Treaties were signed, resulting in Ansei Purge.

U.S. presidential election, 1856: James Buchanan elected president; John C. Breckinridge, vice president
Pottawatomie massacre
Battle of Osawatomie
Battle of Black Jack
Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with his walking stick on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building
March 4, 1857 – Buchanan becomes the 15th president; Breckinridge becomes the 14th vice president
Sack of Lawrence, Kansas

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
1855Battle of Ash Hollow
1855The Farmers' High School, which becomes Penn State University is founded.
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
1858Minnesota becomes a state
1858Treaty of Tientsin
1858Lincoln–Douglas debates
1858Battle of Four Lakes
1858Battle of Spokane Plains
1858Transatlantic cable laid