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 1856 - 1857 (0 years)
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| 1 | 1856 | |
| 2 | 1857 | - 1857: Atlantic - Cyrus Field made his first attempt at laying a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. In 1866, his fourth attempt was successful.
- 1857: China - The Second Opium War opens China to European trade.
- 1857: India - The Indian Mutiny erupts against British Rule on the sub-continent
- 1857: USA - James Buchanan president of the USA 1857-1861.
- 1857: USA - George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel.
- 1857: CA - Grand Trunk Railway (Windsor-Montreal) completed, but $7 million in debt.
- 1857: CA/UK - Queen Victoria names Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada.
- 1857: CA - The Palliser Expedition begins its exploration of Western Canada.
- 1857: CA - Coal mining begins at Coal Harbor on the Kenai Peninsula.
- 12 Mar 1857: CA - The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train. About 60 people die.
- 31 Dec 1857: CA - Ottawa is chosen as the new capital of the Canadas
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