1858

1858 — Korea: 독립운동가 석주 이상룡(石州 李相龍) 출생 / China: Battle of Taku Forts / Japan: Tokugawa Iemochi, accession / United States: Minnesota becomes a state

16 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 1392–1897ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912JapanEdo period 1603–1868United StatesUnited States 1776–
  • 독립운동가 석주 이상룡(石州 李相龍) 출생KO
  • 운강 이강년(雲崗 李康秊) 출생KO
  • 1856봉강서당(鳳崗書堂) 건립
  • 1859구성(龜城)에 방어영(防禦營)을 다시 설치함.
  • 1860최제우가 동학 창도
  • Battle of Taku Forts (1858)
  • Battle of Sanhe
  • May — The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Aigun, ceding to Russia the land north of the Amur River.
  • June — 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.
  • 清廷簽署中俄、中美、中英、中法的《天津條約》。ZH
  • 1856Second Opium War
  • 1856Tianjing Incident
  • 1856제1차 강남대영 공략
  • 1856Battle of Canton (1856)
  • 1857Battle of Canton (1857)
  • 1857Ningpo massacre
  • 1859Battle of Taku Forts (1859)
  • 1860Battle of Taku Forts (1860)
  • 1860제2차 강남대영 공략
  • 1860英法聯軍攻入北京,火烧圆明园。清廷簽署中英、中法、中俄的《北京條約》,英法联军之役結束。
  • 1860October — Second Opium War: British and French forces looted and burned down the Old Summer Palace in the Qing capital Beijing.
  • 1860October — The Qing prince Prince Gong signed the Convention of Peking, ratifying the Treaty of Tientsin and ceding the Kowloon Peninsula in perpetuity to the United Kingdom.
  • Tokugawa Iemochi, accession
  • 1858 Hietsu earthquake
  • August — The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce and other Ansei Treaties were signed, resulting in Ansei Purge.
  • 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。
  • 1859Ansei Purge
  • 1859横浜に外国人居留地を造成。
  • 1860March — The Japanese ship Kanrin Maru arrives in San Francisco with the delegation, marking the first official visit to a foreign state following the end of its 214-year isolationist policy, demonstrating the degree to which Japan had mastered Western navigation techniques and ship technologies in the 6 years since opening its borders.
  • 1860February — Ambassador Shinmi Masaoki sets sail for San Francisco, leading the first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States.
  • Minnesota becomes a state
  • Treaty of Tientsin
  • Lincoln–Douglas debates
  • Battle of Four Lakes
  • Battle of Spokane Plains
  • Transatlantic cable laid
  • 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
  • 1859John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
  • 1859Cortina Troubles
  • 1859Comstock Lode discovered
  • 1860Battle of Pease River
  • 18601860 Wiyot massacre