1856 in History

Begins the Andræ Government in Copenhagen and serves as Council President of Denmark.

Republicans hold their first national convention as the anti slavery coalition becomes a national party

Illinois anti slavery forces organize at Bloomington and strengthen the Republican movement

Cedes territory near the mouth of the Danube.

Accepts neutralisation of the Black Sea under the peace settlement.

Secures a second concession clarifying company powers and obligations for construction of the canal.

Issues a second canal concession requiring equal access for merchant vessels.

Hosts the peace congress ending the war.

Supports the opening of the Congress of Paris, where the powers negotiate a final peace settlement.

Supports creation of an international Danube commission.

Signs rules affecting privateering and maritime war.

The Bang Council Presidency ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Council President of Denmark.

Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Marx speaks about industrial progress, social contradiction and working-class emancipation.

Represents Russia as preliminary peace terms are arranged.

Appointed President of Ecuador

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

Appointed Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1st term, Government lasts 12 days

Regains Kars through the Treaty of Paris settlement.

Approves a second concession defining the Suez Canal Company's rights and obligations under Egyptian authority.

Work on SS Great Eastern stops temporarily after John Scott Russell's shipbuilding business becomes bankrupt.

The "Four Points" plan is largely adhered to, most notably Russia's special privileges relating to the Danubian Principalities are transferred to the Great Powers.

The Tsar and the Sultan agree not to establish any naval or military arsenal on the coast of the Black Sea. The Treaty of Paris stands until 1871, when France is crushed by Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War.

Warships of all nations are perpetually excluded from the Black Sea, once the home to the Russian fleet (which had been destroyed in the course of the war). Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris.

Signs the Treaty of Paris as an Ottoman plenipotentiary at the peace congress.

Signs the Treaty of Paris as an Austrian plenipotentiary.

Represents Prussia in the final Paris arrangements and signs the peace treaty.

Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for Russia.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for the Ottoman Empire.

Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris.

The Treaty of Paris is signed.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for Sardinia alongside Cavour.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for Britain.

Signs the Treaty of Paris as one of Britain's plenipotentiaries at the peace congress.

Institutes the Victoria Cross, Britains highest military decoration

Wins a vote of confidence in the Commons and the Lords after the Treaty of Paris.

Wins parliamentary support after the Treaty of Paris.

Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Birth of Henri Philippe Petain, in the Pas de Calais, son of a peasant familly

Birth of Richard Burdon Haldane

Birth of Sigmund Freud

Gives birth to Zaichun, the Xianfeng Emperor's only surviving son

Birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson