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 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist ( d. 1940 )

* 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

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 )

Decline in the use of clippers started with the economic slump following the Panic of 1857 and continued with the gradual introduction of the steamship.

* September – Panic of 1857 begins: Speculation in U. S. railroad shares and collapse of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company trigger a financial crisis which will extend to Europe.

* October 13 – Panic of 1857: New York banks close and do not reopen until December 12.

When the bank failed during the financial Panic of 1857, he closed the New York branch.

He performed well in both jobs, expanding the Illinois Central toward New Orleans and helping the Ohio and Mississippi recover from the Panic of 1857.

The Panic of 1857 caused many frontier settlements to collapse.

However, with the Panic of 1857, the plans had to be abandoned.

A town of Louisville was planned during the land boom of the 1850s, however the Panic of 1857 caused the finances of the planned town to collapse.

This was a particularly bitter blow because of a change in his family's economic circumstances — the failure of his father, Samuel Atkins Eliot, in the Panic of 1857.

" Following the Panic of 1857, as business improved, Deere left the day-to-day operations to his son Charles.

* Panic of 1857

The Panic of 1857, a national financial crisis, halted further organization of the company and construction of the works.

During the Panic of 1857, Field's paper business suspended, and he was kept from going under by his neighbor in Gramercy Park, Peter Cooper.

* Panic of 1857

However, the Panic of 1857 doomed the attempt at a cooperative farm and community and left Donnelly deeply in debt.

Bank run on the Seamen's Savings ' Bank during the Panic of 1857.

* Gregory Christiano surveys Fernando Wood, the rival police forces, gang wars and the Panic of 1857: ' Introduction to a turbulent period in New York City history.

But another economic downturn, this time the Panic of 1857, cut into business again.

Working from July to August 1857, the company was without liquid funds, a problem compounded by the Panic of 1857.

While the ideology of Southern sectionalism was well-developed before the Panic of 1857 by figures like J. D. B.

After the Panic of 1857, the price of cotton fell while the price of slaves continued its steep rise.

The Panic of 1857 had crippled the nation's economy, including the Pennsylvania iron industry.