1850s
Centuries
:
18th century
-
19th century
-
20th century
Decades
:
1820s
1830s
1840s
-
1850s
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1860s
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1880s
Years:
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
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Events and Trends
Crimean war
(
1854
-
1856
) fought between
Imperial Russia
and an alliance consisting of the
United Kingdom
, the
Second French Empire
, the
Kingdom of Sardinia
and the
Ottoman Empire
. The majority of the conflict takes place around Crimea, on the northern coasts of the
Black Sea
.
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World Leaders
Emperor
Franz Josef
(
Austria-Hungary
)
Emperor
Napoleon III
(
France
)
Pope Pius IX
Emperor
Nicholas I
(
Russia
)
Emperor
Alexander II
(
Russia
)
Queen
Victoria
, (
United Kingdom
)
Prime Minister
Lord John Russell
(
United Kingdom
)
Prime Minister
|Lord Aberdeen
(
United Kingdom
)
Prime Minister
Lord Palmerston
(
United Kingdom
)
President
Millard Fillmore
(
United States
)
President
Franklin Pierce
(
United States
)
President
James Buchanan
(
United States
)