Wars, battles and sieges19
- Crimean War1853–1856 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of SinopBattles
- Battle of OltenitzaBattles
- Battle of Cetate1853–1854 · Battles
- Battle of AkhaltsikheBattles
- Battle of BaşgediklerBattles
- Battle of NanjingBattles
- Northern Expedition1853–1855 · Wars & conflicts
- Siege of Ak-MechetSieges
- Battle of PitsundaBattles
- Battle of TakusaBattles
- Egyptian intervention in the Crimean WarWars & conflicts
- Erie Gauge WarWars & conflicts
- Liberal Revolution of 18541853–1855 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of San GregorioBattles
- Battle of ShekvetiliBattles
- Fort Riley Post CemeteryWars & conflicts
- Honduran-Guatemalan War1853–1855 · Wars & conflicts
- Michael's MonumentWars & conflicts
Accidents and fires7
- 1853 Providence and Worcester head-on collisionAccidents
- Franklin Pierce rail accidentAccidents
- Norwalk rail accidentAccidents
- Geffrard1853–1875 · Accidents
- Greater Grand Crossing rail collisionAccidents
- Straffan Rail Accident 1853Accidents
- 1853 Mount Union rail disasterAccidents
Revolts, massacres and attacks5
- attempt to kill Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria (1853)Attacks
- Insurrection of MilanRevolts & coups
- Gavazzi RiotsRevolts & coups
- Cincinnati riot of 1853Revolts & coups
- murder of William ButlerMurders
Disasters4
- 1853 Shiraz earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1853 Stockholm cholera outbreakNatural disasters
- 1853 Cumaná earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1853 Irpinia earthquakeNatural disasters
Treaties, councils and politics2
- Gadsden PurchaseTreaties
- Jade TreatyTreaties
Expeditions2
- Western ExpeditionExpeditions
- Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora1853–1854 · Expeditions
Already under way in 185376
- Taiping Rebellion1850–1864 · Wars & conflicts
- Opium Wars1839–1860 · Wars & conflicts
- Caucasian War1763–1864 · Wars & conflicts
- Russo-Turkish Wars1568–1918 · Wars & conflicts
- American Indian Wars1609–1924 · Wars & conflicts
- Circassian genocide1800–1864 · Massacres
- Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War1651–1986 · Wars & conflicts
- Chechen–Russian conflict1785–2017 · Wars & conflicts
- Carlist Wars1833–1876 · Wars & conflicts
- Seminole Wars1816–1858 · Wars & conflicts
- Anglo-Burmese Wars1824–1886 · Wars & conflicts
- New Zealand Wars1845–1872 · Wars & conflicts
- French conquest of Algeria1830–1904 · Wars & conflicts
- California Genocide1846–1871 · Massacres
- Apache Wars1849–1924 · Wars & conflicts
Came to an end in 18533
- Montenegrin–Ottoman War of 1852–531852–1853 · Wars & conflicts
- Eighth Xhosa War1850–1853 · Wars & conflicts
- Siege of Buenos Aires1852–1853 · Sieges
Founded or built in 185340
- University of FloridaUniversities
- Palacio QuemadoPalaces
- Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in ToruńMonuments
- Södra TeaternTheatres
- Herdringen CastlePalaces
- Monument to Matvei PlatovMonuments
- Derbent LighthouseTransport
- Shanghai Volunteer CorpsGovernment
- Assyrian statueMonuments
- Circo PriceTheatres
- Cornell CollegeUniversities
- Dohna Tower, KaliningradTowers
- Drama Theatre in Veliky NovgorodTheatres
- Gran GuardiaPalaces
- Ljubičevo stableBuildings
- Schloss KartlowPalaces
- Cirta National MuseumArchaeology
- Collingwood StockadeHospitals
- Glaspalast-BrunnenMonuments
- Hommes illustresMonuments
- Washington County JailPrisons
- F. W. BorchardtHotels & shops
- Klyachkin clinicsHospitals
- Nachusa HouseHotels & shops
- Waterloo County GaolPrisons
- Athena Leads the Young Warrior into the FightMonuments
- Athena Teaches the Young Man How to Use a WeaponMonuments
- Campanile (Trinity College, Dublin)Towers
- Fort SupplyCastles & forts
- HM Prison LewesPrisons
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