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

* 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 )

Nicaragua's legal system also is a mixture of the English Common Law and the Civil Law through the influence of British administration of the Eastern half of the country from the mid-17th century until about 1905, the William Walker period from about 1855 through 1857, USA interventions / occupations during the period from 1909 to 1933, the influence of USA institutions during the Somoza family administrations ( 1933 through 1979 ) and the considerable importation between 1979 and the present of USA culture and institutions.

Basing his ideas on those of predecessors such as Williamson, Edward Frankland, William Odling, Auguste Laurent, Charles Adolphe Wurtz and others, Kekulé was the principal formulator of the theory of chemical structure ( 1857 – 58 ).

In 1857, the king had a stroke and his brother William became regent, then became King William I in 1861.

* 1857 – William L. Marcy, American politician, 21st United States Secretary of State ( b. 1786 )

* 1857 – Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright and satirist ( b. 1803 )

* 1857 – William E. Russell, American politician ( d. 1896 )

* 1857 – William A. MacCorkle, American politician ( d. 1930 )

In October, 1857 Frederick William IV suffered a stroke that paralyzed him.

Herbert, Thomas Hood, Douglas William Jerrold ( 1841 – 1857 ), James Leavey, George du Maurier, George Melly, John McCrae, A. A. Milne, Anthony Powell, W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Henry Lucy, John Hollingshead, Artemus Ward, Somerset Maugham, P. G.

In 1912, Henry Ernest Cooper ( 1857 – 1929 ) acquired William Ringer's property rights to Palmyra and, after a challenge in court, he became the sole owner of the atoll.

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He married his second wife, Sarah Elizabeth Griswold on August 10, 1848 in Utica, New York and had four children ( Samuel b. 1849, Cornelia b. 1851, William b. 1853, Edward b. 1857 ).

* 1857 – The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon.

Estimates of the number of prostitutes in London in the 1850s vary widely ( in his landmark study, Prostitution, William Acton reported that the police estimated there were 8, 600 in London alone in 1857 ).

William Howard Taft ( September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930 ) was the 27th President of the United States ( 1909 – 1913 ) and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States ( 1921 – 1930 ).

William Howard Taft was born into the powerful Taft family September 15, 1857, near Cincinnati, Ohio as the son of Louisa Torrey and Alphonso Taft.

William Seward Burroughs I ( January 28, 1857 – September 14, 1898 ) was an American inventor born in Rochester, New York.

* March 8 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, 10th Chief Justice of the United States ( b. 1857 )