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  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1853
    Library of Congress

    Smithsonian Institution librarian Charles Coffin Jewett aggressively tried to make the Smithsonian into the United States' national library

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1853

    During the 1850s, Smithsonian Institution librarian Charles Coffin Jewett aggressively tried to make the Smithsonian into the United States' national library. His efforts were blocked by Smithsonian secretary Joseph Henry, who advocated a focus on scientific research and publication. To reinforce his intentions for the Smithsonian, Henry established laboratories, developed a robust physical sciences library and started the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, the first of many publications intended to disseminate research results.




  • Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Tuesday Apr 5, 1853
    Abraham Lincoln

    Tad Lincoln

    Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Tuesday Apr 5, 1853

    The youngest, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, was born on April 4, 1853, and survived his father but died of heart failure at age 18 on July 16, 1871.




  • California, U.S.
    1853
    Anna May Wong

    Anna's paternal grandfather

    California, U.S.
    1853

    Anna's paternal grandfather, A Wong Wong, was a merchant who owned two stores in Michigan Hills, a gold-mining area in Placer County. He had come from Chang On, a village near Taishan, Guangdong Province, China, in 1853.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1853
    Eiffel Tower

    Inspiration

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1853

    The design of the Eiffel Tower is attributed to Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, two senior engineers working for the Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel. It was envisioned after discussion about a suitable centrepiece for the proposed 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world's fair to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. Eiffel openly acknowledged that inspiration for a tower came from the Latting Observatory built in New York City in 1853.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1853
    Elizabeth Blackwell

    Blackwell established a small dispensary near Tompkins Square

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1853

    In 1853, Blackwell established a small dispensary near Tompkins Square. She also took Marie Zakrzewska, a Polish woman pursuing a medical education, under her wing, serving as her preceptor in her pre-medical studies.




  • Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany
    1853
    Bicycle

    First in Germany

    Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany
    1853

    In 1853, once again, Germany was the center of innovation, when Philipp Moritz Fischer, who had used the Draisine since he was 9 years old for going to school, invented the very first bicycle with pedals. The Tretkurbelfahrrad from 1853 is still sustained and is on public display in the municipality museum in Schweinfurt.




  • U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1853
    Sojourner Truth

    Mob Convention

    U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1853

    On September 7, 1853: At the convention, young men greeted her with "a perfect storm," hissing and groaning. In response, Truth said, "You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway. You can't stop us, neither". Sojourner, like other public speakers, often adapted her speeches to how the audience was responding to her. In her speech, Sojourner speaks out for women's rights. She incorporates religious references in her speech, particularly the story of Esther. She then goes on to say that, just as women in scripture, women today are fighting for their rights. Moreover, Sojourner scolds the crowd for all their hissing and rude behavior, reminding them that God says to "Honor thy father and thy mother.


  • Rostock, Germany
    Friday Sep 16, 1853
    Albrecht Kossel

    Birth

    Rostock, Germany
    Friday Sep 16, 1853

    On 16 September 1853, Albrecht Kossel was born in Rostock, Germany as the son of the merchant and Prussian consul Albrecht Karl Ludwig Enoch Kossel and his wife Clara Jeppe Kossel.


  • Crimean Peninsula, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East
    Sunday Oct 16, 1853
    Unification of Germany

    Crimean War

    Crimean Peninsula, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East
    Sunday Oct 16, 1853

    The Crimean War was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.


  • Ottoman Empire
    Oct, 1853
    Ottoman Empire

    Foreign Loans

    Ottoman Empire
    Oct, 1853

    The Crimean War (1853–1856) was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire. The financial burden of the war led the Ottoman state to issue foreign loans amounting to 5 million pounds sterling on 4 August 1854.


  • United Kingdom and Ireland
    1853
    1693 Sicily earthquake

    Mallet recorded 93,000 deaths, in his catalog of earthquakes

    United Kingdom and Ireland
    1853

    In 1853, Mallet recorded 93,000 deaths, in his catalog of earthquakes.


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