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Year 1857 (MDCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

1 Events of 1857
2 Births
- 2.1 January - June
- 2.2 July - December
3 Deaths

Events of 1857

January - June

January 1 - The biggest Estonian newspaper Postimees is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
January 9 - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 strikes near Parkfield, California (see Fort Tejon earthquake).
January 24 - The University of Calcutta is established in Kolkata as the first multidisciplinary modern university in South Asia.
February 3 - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC, becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
March 3 - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.
March 4 - James Buchanan succeeds Franklin Pierce as President of the United States.
March 6 - Dred Scott v. Sanford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War (the ruling is not overturned until the 14th Amendment in 1868).
March 21 - An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
March 23 - Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City).
April 18 - The Spirits' Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French), one of the Five Fundamental Works of Spiritism, is published by French educator Allan Kardec.
May 10 - Indian rebellion of 1857: The 3rd Light Cavalry of the British East India Company's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion.
May 11 - Indian rebellion of 1857: Indian combatants capture Delhi from the East India Company.
June 6 - Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.

July - December

July 15 - Indian rebellion of 1857: The second massacre at Kanpur takes place.
July 18 - The Utah Expedition leaves Fort Leavenworth, effectively beginning the Utah War.
September 11 - Mountain Meadows massacre in Utah.
September 12 - The S.S. Central America sinks off the coast of North Carolina, killing 425 people.
October 13 - New York banks close following a major financial panic and do not reopen until December 12.
October 24 - Sheffield F.C., the world's first association football team, is founded in Sheffield, England.
November 30 - President of Mexico Ignacio Comonfort is succeeded by Félix María Zuloaga.
December 16 - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 kills 11,000 people in Naples, Italy.
December 20 - Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria issues a decree, Es ist Mein Wille, which leads to the demolition of the city walls of Vienna, allowing the construction of the Ringstraße.
December 31 - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario as the capital of Canada.

Undated

Divorce without parliamentary approval becomes legal in Britain.
Speculation in U.S. railway shares causes financial crisis in Europe.
The Mormons abandon Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hollywood is founded.
The Mexican Republic is restored (see Mexico/History).
La Tene culture artifacts are discovered in Switzerland by Hansli Kopp.
The University of Mumbai is established.
The Mughal Empire is finally destroyed by the British Empire.
American politician William Daniel proposes the Local Option for prohibition.
Three universities are established in British India.
1857-1924 - 7 out of 10 people who land in Argentina are single males between 13 and 40 years old.

Ongoing events

Births

**1857 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1857 MDCCCLVII
Ab urbe condita	2610
Armenian calendar	1306 ԹՎ ՌՅԶ
Bahá'í calendar	13 – 14
Berber calendar	2807
Buddhist calendar	2401
Burmese calendar	1219
Byzantine calendar	7365 – 7366
Chinese calendar	丙辰年十二月初六日 (4493/4553-12-6) — to — 丁巳年十一月十六日 (4494/4554-11-16)
Coptic calendar	1573 – 1574
Ethiopian calendar	1849 – 1850
Hebrew calendar	5617 – 5618
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1912 – 1913
- Shaka Samvat	1779 – 1780
- Kali Yuga	4958 – 4959
Holocene calendar	11857
Iranian calendar	1235 – 1236
Islamic calendar	1273 – 1274
Japanese calendar	Ansei 4 (安政4年)
Korean calendar	4190
Thai solar calendar	2400
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