Year by year · 19th century
1853
1853 in world history: 10 events, 16 births, 13 deaths and 2 states founded. 1,059 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Verdi's 'Il trovatore' premieres in Rome
Giuseppe Verdi's opera of passion and revenge opened at the Teatro Apollo to great acclaim. With 'Rigoletto' and 'La traviata', it is one of the three popular masterpieces of his middle period.
Commodore Perry's 'Black Ships' arrive in Edo Bay
US Commodore Matthew Perry anchored four warships off Uraga and demanded that Japan open its ports. The visit ended two centuries of restricted contact and set Japan on the path to rapid modernisation.
The Gadsden Purchase treaty is signed
US minister James Gadsden signed a treaty in Mexico City buying land south of the Gila River for a railway route. It fixed the modern border of southern Arizona and New Mexico.
Treaty · Peace
Perpetual Maritime Truce
The Perpetual Maritime Truce was an agreement of 1853 between Britain and the rulers of the coast now forming the United Arab Emirates, forbidding all hostilities at sea between them.
In the profiles
Tokugawa ShogunateCommodore Perry's 'Black Ships' enter Edo Bay demanding open ports
Sheikhdom of SharjahPerpetual Maritime Truce ends warfare at sea
Hyderabad StateBerar’s revenues assigned to the British; Salar Jung I becomes chief minister
Cape ColonyA parliament is elected on a non-racial property franchise
Wars and longer events
Born in 1853 16
Cecil Rhodes1853–1902
José Santos Zelaya1853–1919
Chulalongkorn1853–1910
Leander Starr Jameson1853–1917
Alexei Brusilov1853–1926
Lillie Langtry1853–1929
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar1853–1907
Vincent van Gogh1853–1890
Hussein Kamel of Egypt1853–1917
Amadou Bamba1853–1927
Carl Ulrich1853–1933
José Martí1853–1895
Panagiotis Danglis1853–1924
Tasker H. Bliss1853–1930- Alfred Sharpe1853–1935
- Hermann von Wissmann1853–1905
Died in 1853 13
Andries Pretorius1798–1853
Anastasio Bustamante1780–1853
Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria1783–1853
Charles James Napier1782–1853
Francisco de Lima e Silva1785–1853
Gangadhar Raod. 1853
Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf1797–1853
Juan Antonio Lavalleja1784–1853
Maria II of Portugal1819–1853- Mutara II Rwogerad. 1853
- Akitoyed. 1853
- Amadu Sekud. 1853
- Raghuji III Bhonsle1808–1853
States founded 2
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