1857

1857 — China: Battle of Canton / United States: Dred Scott v. Sandford 60 US 393 1857 declares that slaves and Blacks descended from slaves were not American citizens and cannot sue

9 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–
No events recorded for this year 1856봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립 1858독립운동가 석주 이상룡(石州李相龍) 출생 1858운강 이강년(雲崗李康秊) 출생 1859구성(龜城)에 방어영(防禦營)을 다시 설치함.	Battle of Canton (1857) Ningpo massacre 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 (1856) 1858Battle of Taku Forts (1858) 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》。 1859Battle of Taku Forts (1859)	No events recorded for this year 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。 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. 1859Ansei Purge 1859横浜に外国人居留地を造成。	Dred Scott v. Sandford 60 US 393 1857 declares that slaves and Blacks descended from slaves were not American citizens and cannot sue Utah War 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake Lecompton Constitution Panic of 1857 Halloway massacre San Francisco Board of Education established Minns Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers, which becomes San Jose State University 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 1858Minnesota becomes a state 1858Treaty of Tientsin 1858Lincoln–Douglas debates 1858Battle of Four Lakes 1858Battle of Spokane Plains 1858Transatlantic cable laid 1859John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry 1859Cortina Troubles 1859Comstock Lode discovered

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897

ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912

JapanEdo period 1603–1868

United StatesUnited States 1776–

No events recorded for this year

1856봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립
1858독립운동가 석주 이상룡(石州李相龍) 출생
1858운강 이강년(雲崗李康秊) 출생
1859구성(龜城)에 방어영(防禦營)을 다시 설치함.

Battle of Canton (1857)
Ningpo massacre

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 (1856)
1858Battle of Taku Forts (1858)
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》。
1859Battle of Taku Forts (1859)

No events recorded for this year

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。
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.
1859Ansei Purge
1859横浜に外国人居留地を造成。

Dred Scott v. Sandford 60 US 393 1857 declares that slaves and Blacks descended from slaves were not American citizens and cannot sue
Utah War
1857 Fort Tejon earthquake
Lecompton Constitution
Panic of 1857
Halloway massacre
San Francisco Board of Education established Minns Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers, which becomes San Jose State University

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
1858Minnesota becomes a state
1858Treaty of Tientsin
1858Lincoln–Douglas debates
1858Battle of Four Lakes
1858Battle of Spokane Plains
1858Transatlantic cable laid
1859John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
1859Cortina Troubles
1859Comstock Lode discovered