In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.

In 1857, the Austrian scholar Anton Boller suggested adding Japanese to Altaic or more precisely to Ural – Altaic.

* 1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer ( d. 1857 )

* 1857 – Manuel de Escandón, Mexican polo player ( d. 1940 )

* 1857 – Eugène Sue, French novelist ( b. 1804 )

* 1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-English writer ( b. 1857 )

* 1929 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist ( b. 1857 )

* 1857 – Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer ( d. 1944 )

* 1857 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer ( d. 1922 )

* 1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman ( d. 1918 )

* 1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician ( d. 1857 )

* Alexander of Bulgaria ( 1857 – 1893 ), first prince of Bulgaria

* Alexander of Bulgaria ( 1857 – 1893 ), Prince of Bulgaria

* 1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.

Alfonso XII ( born Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo ) ( Madrid, 28 November 1857 – El Pardo, 25 November 1885 ) was King of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d ' état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.

* Alfonso XII of Spain-( 1857 – 1885 ) ( ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile )

* 1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer ( d. 1937 )

* 1857 – " The Spirits Book " by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.

* 1857 – Clarence Darrow, American attorney ( d. 1938 )

* 1857 – Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and novelist ( d. 1935 )

* 1857 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom ( d. 1944 )

* 1936 – Karl Pearson, English mathematician ( b. 1857 )

* 1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ( d. 1857 )

Paul Eugen Bleuler ( April 30, 1857 – July 15, 1939 ) was a Swiss psychiatrist most notable for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness and for coining the terms " schizophrenia ", " autism ", and what Sigmund Freud called " Bleuler's happily chosen term ambivalence ".

* July 15 – Eugen Bleuler ( born 1857 ), Swiss psychiatrist.

* Eugen Bamberger ( 1857 – 1932 ), German chemist

* 1796 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor ( d. 1857 )

* October 23 – Stefano Franscini, member of the Swiss Federal Council ( d. 1857 )

* Ferdinand de Saussure ( 1857 – 1913 ), Swiss linguist

The first was the English Alpine Club ( founded in the winter of 1857 – 1858 ), followed in 1862 by the Austrian Alpine Club ( which in 1873 was fused, under the name of the German and Austrian Alpine Club, with the German Alpine Club, founded in 1869 ), in 1863 by the Italian and Swiss Alpine Clubs, and in 1874 by the French Alpine Club, not to mention numerous minor societies of more local character.

They were later admitted to the Capuchin Order on December 2, 1857 by Father Antoine Gauchet of the Swiss Province who had been sent to admit them, in order to establish the Order in the United States.

Joining the Alpine Club in 1857 ( the year of its formation ), Stephen made the first ascent, usually in the company of his favourite Swiss guide Melchior Anderegg, of the following peaks:

Arthur Hoffmann ( 18 June 1857 – 23 July 1927 ) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1911 – 1917 ).

Stefano Franscini ( 23 October 1796 – 19 July 1857 ) was a Swiss politician and statistician.

Ernest Chuard ( July 31, 1857 – November 9, 1942 ) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1919 – 1928 ).

There are 8 Class I dollars, struck in 1834 for the aforementioned sets, 1 Class II dollar, struck over an 1857 Swiss Shooting Thaler ( and now residing in the US Coin Collection at the Smithsonian Institution ), and 6 Class III dollars, struck surreptitiously sometime between 1858 and 1860 to meet collector demand for the coin.

** Ferdinand de Saussure ( 1857 – 1913 ), Swiss linguist, brother of Léopold and René

Langenthal ’ s location on the road from Bern to Zurich ( completed in 1760 ) and on the Swiss Central Railway line ( inaugurated in 1857 ) spurred industrial development, led by textiles and machines.

Santa Leopoldina was founded in 1856 by around 60 Swiss immigrants who came up the Santa Maria River, closely followed in 1857 by roughly 200 immigrants from Germany and Luxembourg.

Nineteenth century literature presents several early examples that appealed to young readers including: The Swiss Family Robinson ( 1812 ), Waverley ( 1814 ), Oliver Twist ( 1838 ), The Count of Monte Cristo ( 1844 ), Tom Brown's Schooldays ( 1857 ), Great Expectations ( 1860 ), Alice in Wonderland ( 1865 ), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1876 ), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 1884 ), Kidnapped ( 1886 ), The Jungle Book ( 1894 ), and Moonfleet ( 1898 ).

He continued in this position until 1857, even after moving to Zürich in 1855 to work as a professor for technical mechanics at the ETH Zürich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich.

* Arthur Hoffmann ( politician ) ( 1857 – 1927 ), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council

He was the author of Manual of British Butterflies and Moths ( 1857 – 59 ) and with the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller, a Swiss, Heinrich Frey and another Englishman, John William Douglas of The Natural History of the Tineina ( 1855 – 73 ).

: This was the first station at this site, the station building being of a Swiss chalet style ( 1857 – 89 ).

The Bartonian stage was introduced by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1857.