Wars, battles and sieges27
- Second Opium War1856–1860 · Wars & conflicts
- Anglo-Persian War1856–1857 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of Santa RosaBattles
- Battle of JiangnanBattles
- Battle of Black JackBattles
- Battle of OsawatomieBattles
- Battle of the Pearl River FortsBattles
- Second Battle of RivasBattles
- Second Herat WarSieges
- Action of 23 November 1856Battles
- Battle of CantonBattles
- Battle of NdondakusukaBattles
- Battle of the BogueBattles
- Battle of Tres ForcasBattles
- Mount Olivet CemeteryWars & conflicts
- Newark CemeteryWars & conflicts
- Arrow IncidentWars & conflicts
- Battle of SeattleBattles
- Capture of the French Folly FortBattles
- North–South War of the Lushai Hills1856–1859 · Wars & conflicts
- Oakdale Memorial GardensWars & conflicts
- Battle of Fort TitusBattles
- Battle of Port GambleBattles
- Crimean War Memorial Arch And Gates, Brompton BarracksWars & conflicts
- PillarWars & conflicts
- Tule River WarWars & conflicts
- Holy Trinity Memorial ParkWars & conflicts
Treaties, councils and politics7
- Treaty of ParisTreaties
- Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime LawTreaties
- Congress of ParisPolitics
- Anglo-Moroccan Treaty of 1856Treaties
- Treaty of BayonneTreaties
- Treaty of BogotáTreaties
- Dutch-Japan Treaty of Peace and AmityTreaties
Accidents and fires7
- Great Train Wreck of 1856Accidents
- Harlem Fire WatchtowerFires & explosions
- Schiedam train accidentAccidents
- Cymmer Colliery explosionAccidents
- Freiwillige Feuerwehr HofFires & explosions
- Fanny TaylorAccidents
- PyreneeAccidents
Revolts, massacres and attacks6
- Panthay Rebellion1856–1873 · Revolts & coups
- Pottawatomie MassacreMassacres
- Sacking of LawrenceAttacks
- Watermelon RiotRevolts & coups
- Tianjing IncidentMassacres
- Ibicaba RevoltRevolts & coups
Disasters2
- 1856 Heraklion earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1856 Djijelli earthquakesNatural disasters
Expeditions2
- Gundlach collecting expedition (1856-1860)1856–1860 · Expeditions
- Tenerife Expedition (1856)Expeditions
Already under way in 185683
- Crimean War1853–1856 · Wars & conflicts
- 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
- Bleeding Kansas1854–1861 · Wars & conflicts
- Anglo-Burmese Wars1824–1886 · Wars & conflicts
- New Zealand Wars1845–1872 · Wars & conflicts
- French conquest of Algeria1830–1904 · Wars & conflicts
Came to an end in 18567
- Crimean War1853–1856 · Wars & conflicts
- War of Dominican Independence1844–1856 · Wars & conflicts
- Nepalese-Tibetan War1855–1856 · Wars & conflicts
- Highland Potato Famine1846–1856 · Natural disasters
- Red Turban Rebellion1854–1856 · Revolts & coups
- Puget Sound War1855–1856 · Wars & conflicts
- 1855 Carlist uprising1855–1856 · Revolts & coups
Founded or built in 185655
- Central ParkParks & gardens
- Tretyakov GalleryMuseums & galleries
- Sultanate of ZanzibarStates & realms
- University of MarylandUniversities
- Malmö Central StationTransport
- Wrocław Main Railway StationMonuments
- Monument to Nicholas IMonuments
- Primorskaya OblastStates & realms
- Las FloresSettlements
- Olten railway stationTransport
- Karl-Heine-KanalMonuments
- Hôtel de la PaïvaBuildings
- Old Jewish CemeteryMonuments
- Örebro Central StationTransport
- Citadel of LvivCastles & forts
- Kollegium KalksburgSchools
- Richard Coeur de LionMonuments
- Smallpox HospitalArchaeology
- Zouave du pont de l'AlmaMonuments
- Château VallombrosaCastles & forts
- Fort BuchananCastles & forts
- LepramuseetMonuments
- Military prison, NovocherkasskBuildings
- Port Hope railway stationTransport
- Birmingham–Southern CollegeUniversities
- Bréhon TowerCastles & forts
- Font del Geni CatalàMonuments
- Fort RandallCastles & forts
- Fort YamhillArchaeology
- Grands Magasins DufayelHotels & shops
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