1854 Calendar
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1854 Historical Event(s)
January 4, 1854
– The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
February 23, 1854
– The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
March 31, 1854
– Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
April 1, 1854
– Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens’ magazine, Household Words.
June 10, 1854
– The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
July 6, 1854
– In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
July 13, 1854
– In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
September 20, 1854
– Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea.
September 27, 1854
– The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
November 5, 1854
– Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
Who Were Born On 1854?
May 15, 1854
– Ioannis Psycharis, Greek author and linguist (d. 1929)
May 18, 1854
– Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and music teacher (d. 1924)
June 19, 1854
– Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (d. 1893)
July 4, 1854
– Victor Babeş, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)
July 12, 1854
– George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932)
October 20, 1854
– Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
November 8, 1854
– Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)
November 21, 1854
– Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
December 13, 1854
– Herman Bavinck, Dutch theologian and churchman (d. 1921)