- Mormon Revolt in Utah.
- "THE INDIAN MUTINY." Nana Sahib heads the insurgents; recapture
of Delhi and Cawnpore; relief of Lucknow.
- England ends the Persian War. France joins England against
China.
- The first Atlantic cable laid and broken.
1858 - Jews admitted to share in the government of England.
- End of the Indian Mutiny; the East Indian Company transfers its authority to the Crown.
1859 - John Brown's Raid.
- Charles Darwin announces the doctrine of evolution. See "DARWIN
PUBLISHES His ORIGIN OF SPECIES."
- Russia captures Shamyl, and subdues the entire region of the
Caucasus.
- Cavour, the chief statesman of Sardinia, arranges an alliance
with France and begins a war with Austria to establish "United
Italy."