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The 1850s was a turbulent decade marked by wars, revolutions, colonization, and scientific discoveries. Learn about the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the Taiping Rebellion, the Great Exhibition, Darwin's theory of evolution, and more.
January 29 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress. January 31 – The University of Rochester is founded in Rochester, New York. January – Sacramento floods. February 28 – The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City. March 5 – The Britannia Bridge opens over the Menai Strait in Wales.
July 9 – President Zachary Taylor dies in office; Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th president of the United States. July 10 – President Fillmore is sworn in. July 14 – John Gorrie makes the first public demonstration of his ice-making machine, in Apalachicola, Florida. [3] September 9.
28 feb 2021 · A comprehensive overview of the major events and trends in the United States and the world in the 1850s. Learn about the Compromise of 1850, the Crimean War, the Dred Scott Decision, the Pottawatomie Massacre, and more.
Learn about the major events and trends in the United States in the 1850s, such as the Compromise of 1850, the first world's fair, the Gadsden Purchase, and the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Explore the political, social, cultural, and economic changes that shaped the nation before the Civil War.
28 feb 2021 · 1850: The ominous Compromise of 1850 over enslavement delays the Civil War. 1852: U.S. abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) publishes "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" and sells 300,000 copies in its first year. 1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act breaks the previous compromises over enslavement.
