What happened in 1853

26 events　World 2, Japan 2, North America 6, Europe 12, Asia 1, Middle East 2, Latin America 1

Highlights of 1853

Jan 6North AmericaFlorida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
Jan 20EuropeThe United Kingdom proclaims its annexation of Lower Burma, ending the Second Anglo-Burmese War.
May 5AsiaPerpetual Maritime Truce comes into force between the United Kingdom and the rulers of the Sheikhdoms of the Lower Gulf, later known as the Trucial States.
JulJapanPerry arrives in JapanCommodore Perry of the United States sailed into Uraga with four warships and demanded that Japan open its ports. The Treaty of Kanagawa the next year ended more than 200 years of national isolation.
Oct 4Middle EastCrimean War: The Ottoman Empire begins war with Russia.
Dec 30WorldGadsden Purchase: The United States buys approximately of land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

Nov 15Maria II of Portugal is succeeded by her son Pedro V as King of Portugal.
Dec 30Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys approximately of land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

Jul 27Iesada succeeds his father Ieyoshi as Japanese shōgun. The Late Tokugawa shogunate (the last part of the Edo period in Japan) begins.
JulPerry arrives in JapanCommodore Perry of the United States sailed into Uraga with four warships and demanded that Japan open its ports. The Treaty of Kanagawa the next year ended more than 200 years of national isolation.

Jan 6Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
Feb 22Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary.
Mar 5Saint Paul Fire and Marine, as predecessor of The Travelers Companies, a worldwide insurance service, founded in Minnesota, United States.
MarThe clothing company Levi Strauss & Co. is founded in San Francisco (US).
Sep 20Otis Elevator, as predecessor of Otis Worldwide, is founded in the United States.
Nov 3Troops of William Walker capture La Paz in Baja California Territory and declare the (short-lived) Republic of Sonora.

Jan 19Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres at Teatro Apollo in Rome.
Jan 20The United Kingdom proclaims its annexation of Lower Burma, ending the Second Anglo-Burmese War.
Mar 6Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata premieres at La Fenice in Venice, but is poorly received at this time.
Jun 22Guimarães is elevated to city status by Queen Maria II of Portugal.
Jul 1The Swiss watch company Tissot is founded.
Aug 24The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is founded at Karljohansvern in Horten, perhaps the world's first naval museum.
Oct 1C. Bechstein's piano factory is founded, one of three established in a "golden year" in the history of the piano (Julius Blüthner and Steinway & Sons being the others).
Oct 28Crimean War: The Ottoman army crosses the Danube into Vidin/Calafat, Wallachia.
Nov 4Crimean War: Battle of Oltenitza – Turkish forces defeat the Russians.
Dec 14Compagnie Générale des Eaux, predecessor of Vivendi and Veolia, a global media conglomerate, is founded in Paris, France.
French diplomat Arthur de Gobineau begins publication of his An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines), an early example of scientific racism.
Charles Pravaz and Alexander Wood independently invent a practical hypodermic syringe.

May 5Perpetual Maritime Truce comes into force between the United Kingdom and the rulers of the Sheikhdoms of the Lower Gulf, later known as the Trucial States.

Oct 4Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire begins war with Russia.
OctNovember 30 (November 18 O.S.) – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Russian fleet destroys the Turkish fleet.