Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years: 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 - 1857 - 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862
Births
- December 3 - Joseph Conrad, Polish/British novelist (Heart of Darkness)
- Carl Meinhof (1857-1944) German linguist
- Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist
- Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathician
- Alphonso XII of Spain
- Alexander of Battenberg, first prince of Bulgaria
Deaths
Events
- The Mormons abandon Las Vegas
- Founding of Hollywood
- Restoration of the Mexican republic (see Mexico/History)
- James Buchanan succeeds Franklin Pierce as President of the United States of America
- Discovery of La Tene culture artefacts in Switzerland by Hansli Kopp.
- Beginning of large rebellion in India -- Sepoy Mutiny
- Philip Henry Gosse writes Omphalos text elaborating a Creationist school of thought