Meanwhile…

Arrival of Commodore Perry and the end of Sakoku

1853-1854

Haka During the New Zealand Wars

1845–1872

American Civil War

1861-1865

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

Bahá'í Faith Emerges from Persian Bábism

1860s

industrialization and urbanization

ca. 1800 - 1900

California Gold Rush

1848-1855

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

John Snow and the Soho cholera map

1854

India's first railway line: Bombay-Thane

1853-04-16

Bazalgette completes London's sewer system

1875

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

Birth of tap dance and African-American vernacular rhythm

around 1850

Rise of the Parisian Haute Couture House

c. 1858

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

The Great Stink forces London into action

1858