1854

Information about 1854

For the board game, see 1854.


Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1820s  1830s  1840s  - 1850s -  1860s  1870s  1880s
Years:1851 1852 1853 - 1854 - 1855 1856 1857


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Year 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

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Original map by Dr John Snow showing the clusters of cholera cases in the London epidemic of 1854
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1854 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1854
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Ab urbe condita2607
Armenian calendar1303
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Bah' calendar10 – 11
Buddhist calendar2398
Chinese calendar4490/4550-7-29
(癸丑年七月廿九日)
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4491/4551-7-9
(甲寅年七月初九日)
Coptic calendar1570 – 1571
Ethiopian calendar1846 – 1847
Hebrew calendar 5614 – 5615
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1909 – 1910
 - Shaka Samvat1776 – 1777
 - Kali Yuga4955 – 4956
Holocene calendar11854
Iranian calendar1232 – 1233
Islamic calendar1270 – 1271
Japanese calendarAnsei 0
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 - Imperial YearKōki 2514
(皇紀2514年)
Julian calendar1899
Korean calendar4187
Thai solar calendar2397
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1854 in archaeology

Explorations

  • Dr. Karl Scherzer examines and writes description of Quiriguá

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  • Frederick Catherwood

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1854.

Events

January events

  • January 16 - The permanent London Paddington station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway of England, is opened.

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See also:

1853 in Australia, other events of 1854, 1855 in Australia, and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
  • Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy

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See also: 1853 in Canada, other events of 1854, 1855 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

  • January 27 - The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor.

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See also: 1853 in Ireland, 1855 in Ireland

Events

  • Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome.[1]
  • Catholic University of Ireland founded; John Henry Cardinal Newman first rector.

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