1857

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1820s  1830s  1840s  – 1850s –  1860s  1870s  1880s
Years:	1854 1855 1856 – 1857 – 1858 1859 1860

Events

• Indian Mutiny; Mangal Pandey, Rani of Jhansi
• "Jingle Bells" is written and published in America

Births

• 5 April – Alexander of Battenberg
• June 11 – Antoni Grabowski
• 3 December – Joseph Conrad

Deaths

• December 31 - Edward Williams Clay, American artist (b. 1799)