World Events 1853-1857

Date

Event

1853-1856	The Crimean War is fought between Russia and a coalition of France, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia, ending in Russian defeat.
1854	American Naval Officer Matthew C. Perry negotiates a treaty between the United States and Japan, which opens the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to U.S. commerce.
1854	British nurse Florence Nightingale assumes direction of all British nursing operations at the Crimean War front.
1854	In the Gadsden Purchase, the United States buys about 76,735 sq km (about 29,640 sq mi) of land from Mexico.
1855	Leaves of Grass by American poet Walt Whitman is first published.