The United States took possession of the island in 1857, claiming it under the Guano Islands Act of 1856.

Other claimants included the United States, whose American Guano Mining Company claimed it under the Guano Islands Act of 1856 ; Mexico also claimed Clipperton due to activities undertaken there as early as 1848 – 1849.

He was assistant librarian of Harvard University from 1856 to 1872, and planned and perfected an alphabetical card catalog, combining many of the advantages of the ordinary dictionary catalogs with the grouping of the minor topics under more general heads, which is characteristic of a systematic catalogue.

In 1856, Isabella attempted to form the Union Liberal Party, a pan-national coalition under the leadership of Leopoldo O ' Donnell, who had already marched on Madrid that year and deposed another Espartero ministry.

Howland Island was uninhabited when the United States took possession of it in 1857 under the Guano Islands Act of 1856.

In 1856, Carroll published the following poem anonymously under the name Upon the Lonely Moor.

Anger among some social groups, however, was seething under the governor-generalship of James Dalhousie ( 1847 – 1856 ), who annexed the Punjab ( 1849 ) after victory in the Second Sikh War, annexed seven princely states on the basis of lapse, annexed the key state of Oudh on the basis of misgovernment, and upset cultural sensibilities by banning Hindu practices such as Sati.

It was claimed for the United States under the name " Danger Reef " by the Guano Islands Act of 1856.

It was claimed by the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, though little actual mining of guano took place.

Malden was claimed by the U. S. Guano Company under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, which authorized citizens to take possession of uninhabited islands under the authority of the United States for the purpose of removing guano, a valuable agricultural fertilizer.

The game eventually got under way on 26 March 1856.

The United States claimed Funafuti, Nukefetau, Nukulaelae and Niulakita under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, this claim was renounced under the 1983 treaty of friendship between Tuvalu and US.

His mummified body was later exhumed in 1856, when the monastery was under repair.

Conflict between the miners and Native Americans led to war in 1853, which continued intermittently until the final defeat of the last band under chiefs John and George by a combined force of regular army and civilians May 29, 1856 at Big Bend on the Illinois River.

A local board was formed in 1856 under the Public Health Act 1848 and subsequently the parish was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1886.

A local board was formed in 1856 under the Public Health Act 1848 and subsequently the parish was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1886.

The first advertisement for the town of Chenoa appeared under the bold heading, GREAT SALE OF LOTS IN THE TOWN OF CHENOA, MAY 15 1856.

County residents formed the Newport and Alexandria Turnpike Company to improve the road ; the improved turnpike opened in 1856 under the name Alexandria Pike.

The organization of the city under the charter of March, 1855, was effected December 29, 1856, by the election of Wheatley Mickelwait to the Mayoralty, and Enos Williams, W. M. Slaughter and Jacob Vallery, Aldermen.

In 1856, the Fullerton area became part of a Pawnee reservation and was excluded from settlement under the Homestead Act.

Both companies were under the direction of Joseph H. Allen, who was also supervisor of Brunswick from 1856 to 1857 and a justice of the peace in 1861.

under the system of supervision by town superintendents, Thomas W. potter served in 1844 and 1845, John C. Potter in 1846, Paul K. Davison in 1847 and 1848, Dr. Amos Allen from 1850 to 1853 and Daniel H. Davison from 1854 to 1856.

Cui's musical direction changed in 1856, when he met Mily Balakirev and began to be more seriously involved with music.

Up to six trains daily were operated in each direction and a printed timetable was published on 16 September 1856 by Charles Easton Spooner who, following his father, served as Manager and Clerk for 30 years.

Connecting himself in early life with the stage he produced several light pieces at the Strand Theatre when that establishment was under Mr. J. Payne's direction in 1856 – 7, and for a short time undertook the responsibilities of management.

Among these English houses is the Training College for Catholic School-Mistresses at Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, the direction of which was confided to the Sisters of Notre Dame by the Government in 1856.

In 1856, he accepted the direction of the schools of the East, and was thus for the first time brought into contact with the Islamic world.

It took place in 1856 and 1857 and was under the direction of President of the Church Brigham Young.

During a period of study in Italy, from 1856 to 1858, he was influenced by Arnold Böcklin and Franz Lenbach in the direction of a naturalistic style in sculpture.

Manning's Post Office was established in 1856 and Thomas S. Coogler was the first Postmaster.

John Milton Niles ( August 20, 1787 – May 31, 1856 ) was a lawyer, editor, author and politician from Connecticut, serving in the United States Senate and as United States Postmaster General 1840 to 1841.

In late August 1861, General John C. Frémont, the 1856 Republican presidential nominee, issued, without consulting Washington, a proclamation of martial law in Missouri.

The most significant figure of the era, however, was General José María Urbina, who first came to power in 1851 through a coup d ' état, remained in the presidency until 1856, and then continued to dominate the political scene until 1860.

In 1856, the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to establish the State Agricultural College and Model Farm.

* 1856 – Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army ( d. 1929 )

* June 16 – Bramwell Booth, General of The Salvation Army ( b. 1856 )

In 1856, General Alexander Cunningham, later director general of the archeological survey of northern India, visited Harappa where the British engineers John and William Brunton were laying the East Indian Railway Company line connecting the cities of Karachi and Lahore.

In order that the Yusupov name might not die out, the prince's father, Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston ( October 5, 1856, Saint Petersburg – June 10, 1928, Rome, Italy ), General Governor of Moscow ( 1914 – 1915 ) ( son of Count Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston ), took the surname of his wife, Princess Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova ( September 2, 1861, Saint Petersburg – November 24, 1939, Paris ) upon their marriage, on April 4, 1882 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Roane County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on March 11, 1856.

Brooks County was created 11 December 1858 from portions of Lowndes and Thomas counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly named in honor of Preston Brooks, famous and acclaimed throughout the South for having beaten to unconsciousness, Senator Charles Sumner in 1856 in Congress.

Berrien County was created February 25, 1856 out of portions of Coffee, Irwin and Lowndes counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly.

Fremont was founded in 1856, and was named after the American explorer, politician and military official General John C. Frémont.

In 1854, it became Fremont after General John C. Fremont, the first candidate of the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1856.

* John M. Berrien ( 1781 – 1856 ), served as United States Attorney General and represented Georgia in the United States Senate.

It was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1856, and named for Mason County, which was named for George Mason, a delegate to the U. S. Constitutional Convention.

* William Williams ( surgeon ) ( 1856 – 1919 ), Surgeon General

Archibald was re-elected in 1855, and was appointed Solicitor General of Nova Scotia on August 14, 1856.

In 1856, the northern part of the town was set apart from Tiverton, and renamed Fall River, Rhode Island, by the Rhode Island General Assembly.

A son, Roger Sherman, Jr. ( 1768 – 1856 ), a 1787 graduate of Yale College served in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1810 – 1811.

Written by General Juan José Cañas with music composed by the Italian Juan Aberle in 1856, the anthem was adopted as the national song on September 15, 1879, and officially recognized by the government on December 11, 1953.

The Massachusetts General Court reelected him in November 1856, believing that his vacant chair in the Senate chamber served as a powerful symbol of free speech and resistance to slavery.

Hermann von François ( January 31, 1856 – May 15, 1933 ) was a German General der Infanterie during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the Eastern Front in 1914.

General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron GCB ( 20 May 1808 – 8 June 1888 ) was a British Army officer who fought in the Crimean War ( 1853 – 1856 ), commanded troops during part of the New Zealand Land Wars and was Governor of the Royal Military College Sandhurst from 1868 to 1875.

He was elected to 13 General Conferences ( 1816 through 1856, missing only 1832 ).

Johnson was Solicitor General from 1854 to 1856, postmaster general from 1857 to 1859, speaker for the house from 1859 to 1862 and Attorney General from 1862 to 1865.