Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1856. 1856 (MDCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on...

The 1856 United States presidential election was the 18th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. In a three-way election...

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France...

The 1856–57 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 4, 1856, and November 4, 1857...

The Jägergewehr 1856/59 (English: Jäger rifle 1856/59), originally designed in 1853, was intended to be a service rifle for use by the Swiss armed forces...

1856 election may refer to: Chilean presidential election, 1856 1856 United States presidential election United States House of Representatives elections...

(Russian: Николай Николаевич Романов (младший – the younger); 18 November 1856 – 5 January 1929) was a Russian general in World War I (1914–1918). The son...

1856 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events The four established New York (Manhattan) clubs play nine matches between August 30 and...

Tesla (/ˈtɛslə/; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor...

Events from the year 1856 in Canada. Monarch — Victoria Parliament — 5th Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head Joint Premiers...