1856 – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי

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1856

Events

January–March

January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
January 24 – U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in "Bleeding Kansas" to be in rebellion.
January 26 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the suppress indigenous uprising in response to Governor Stevens' declaration of a "war of extermination" on Native communities.
January 29
- The 223-mile North Carolina Railroad is completed from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte.
- Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
February – The Tintic War breaks out in Utah.
February 1 – Auburn University is first chartered as the East Alabama Male College.
February 2 – Dallas, Texas is incorporated as a city.
February 7 – The nawab of Oudh (Wajid Ali Shah) is exiled to Metiabruz and the state is annexed by the British East India Company.
February 18 – The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
March
- Great Trigonometrical Survey of India officially gives 'Peak XV' (later to be named Mount Everest) the height of . 'Peak IX' (Kangchenjunga), previously thought to be the world’s highest, is confirmed as .
- Mauveine, the first synthetic organic dye, is discovered by William Henry Perkin while attempting to synthesize quinine. This eventually leads to the birth of the chemical industry.
March – Nepalese–Tibetan War: The signing of the Treaty of Thapathali concludes the war.
March 5 – Fire destroys the Covent Garden Theatre in London.
March 6 – Maryland Agricultural College (present-day University of Maryland, College Park) is chartered.
March 20 – Filibuster War: Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers in Battle of Santa Rosa.
March 24 – Taiping Rebellion: Suspecting treachery on the part of East King Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai garrisons Anhui and begins his march back to the Heavenly Capital, having defeated a strong Xiang Army detachment.
March 31 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.

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1856 – מילון אנגלי-עברי

1856 – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי