What happened in 1853?
205 recorded events in 1853, including 81 in people, 55 in economy & trade and 23 in architecture & engineering.
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Major Events 1
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Commodore Perry opens Japan
US Commodore Matthew Perry's fleet pressures Japan to end over two centuries of isolation.
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Wars & Conflicts 8
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Crimean War
Military conflict fought between October 1853 – March 1856
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Battle of Oltenitza
1853 battle of the crimean war
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Battle of Cetate
1853 battle
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Battle of Akhaltsikhe
1853 battle of the Crimean War
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Battle of Nanjing
Battle of nankin 1853
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Battle of Başgedikler
Battle that took place during the Crimean War in 1853
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Siege of Ak-Mechet
1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War
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Battle of Takusa
1853 battle between Kassa Hailu (Tewodros II) and Yejju dynasties
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Politics & Government 2
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Gadsden Purchase
Land purchase from Mexico by the United States
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Jade Treaty
1853 treaty between Prussia and Oldenburg
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People 81
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Christian Dopplerr died
Austrian mathematician and physicist (1803-1853)
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François Arago died
French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)
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Hyacinth died
Russian sinologist, historian, and missionary (1777–1853)
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Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius died
South African politician (1798–1853)
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Augustin Saint-Hilaire died
French botanist and traveler (1779–1853)
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Patriarch Germanus IV of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Joaquin Murrieta died
Mexican outlaw (1829–1853)
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Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński died
Polish philosopher
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Leopold Gmelin died
German chemist (1788–1853)
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Gregory Blaxland died
English explorer and pastoralist in New South Wales, Australia (1778-1853)
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Joseph Gabet died
French Lazarist missionary that traveled in China with Évariste Régis Huc (1808-1853)
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Joseph-René Bellot died
French polar explorer (1826–1853)
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Karl Andreas Geyer died
German botanist (1809-1853)
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Charles Masson died
British East India Company soldier and explorer (1800–1853)
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Émile Deville died
Zoologist (1824-1853)
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John Williams Gunnison died
American explorer (1812-1853)
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Robert Dale died
Explorer (1812-1853)
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John Bidwill died
English botanist (1815–1853)
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Mathieu Orfila died
Mateo Orfila y Rotger (Menorca, 1787- Paris, 1853), professor of Legal Medicine in Paris and founder of toxicology
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Auguste Laurent died
French chemist (1807–1853)
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Richard William Howard Vyse died
British soldier and politician, anthropologist and egyptologist (1784-1853)
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Tabitha Babbitt died
American tool maker
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Giuseppe Moretti died
Italian botanist (1782-1853)
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Charles Baker Adams died
United States educator and naturalist (1814-1853)
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Semen Korsakov died
Russian inventor
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Théodore Olivier died
French mathematician
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Christian Friedrich Schwaegrichen died
German botanist and bryologist (1775-1853)
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Theophilos Kairis died
Greek priest and revolutionary (1784-1853)
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Lewis Caleb Beck died
United States naturalist (1798-1853)
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Jonathan Pereira died
British pharmacologist (1804-1853)
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Carl Johann Bernhard Karsten died
German chemist, metallurgist and mineralogist (1782-1853)
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James Chalmers died
1782-1853; alleged Scottish inventor of the adhesive postage stamp
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Floris Nollet died
Physicist, engineer, inventor (1794–1853)
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John Farrar died
American mathematician and scientist
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Sears Cook Walker died
American astronomer
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Carl Erengisle Hyltén-Cavallius died
Swedish pharmacist and chemist
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Robert Richard Anstice died
English clergyman and mathematician
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Oguri Jūkichi died
Japanese sailor
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Ross Cox died
Irish explorer
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Francis Barrallier died
Australian explorer (1773-1853)
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Matteo Carcassi died
Italian musician (1796–1853)
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Friedrich Schneider died
German composer and conductor
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Louis Emmanuel Jadin died
French composer
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Theodor Uhlig died
German composer (1822–1853)
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Elise Christiani died
French cellist
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Nikolaus Kraft died
Czech composer and violoncellist
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Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy died
Spouse of composer Félix Mendelsohnn (1817–1853)
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Vasily Karatygin died
Russian actor (1802–1853)
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Myawaddy Mingyi U Sa died
Poet, composer, playwright
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Charles Etienne Boniface died
South African journalist and writer
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Johanne Rosing died
Danish stage actress and ballet dancer
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Elena Yezhova died
Russian opera singer (1793-1853)
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Jeanette Wässelius died
Opera singer and actress
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Auguste Nourrit died
French actor and singer
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Andrine Christensen died
Norwegian actor (1814-1853)
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Cornelius Ambrosius Logan died
Stage actor and playwright (1806-1853)
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Finlay Dun died
British musician
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José Martí born
Born in Havana. Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895).
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Cecil John Rhodes born
Born in Bishop's Stortford. British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902).
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Wilhelm Ostwald born
Born in Riga. Baltic German chemist (1853–1932).
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Chulalongkorn born
Born in Bangkok. King of Siam (1853-1910).
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Vladimir Korolenko born
Born in Zhytomyr. Ukrainian-born Russian writer.
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Vladimir Solovyov born
Born in Moscow. Russian philosopher (1853-1900).
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Carl Larsson born
Born in Storkyrkoförsamlingen. Swedish painter (1853-1919).
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Aleksey Brusilov born
Born in Tbilisi. Russian and Soviet military commander.
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Kitasato Shibasaburō born
Born in Oguni. Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist.
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Hussein bin Ali born
Born in Istanbul. Sharif and Emir of Mecca, then King of Hejaz and Sharifian Caliph (1854–1931).
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Flinders Petrie born
Born in Charlton. British Egyptologist (1853–1942).
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Jaroslav Vrchlický born
Born in Louny. Czech lyrical poet (1853–1912).
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Jules Lemaître born
Born in Vennecy. French critic and dramatist (1853-1914).
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Oskar Potiorek born
Born in Bad Bleiberg. Austro-Hungarian general (1853-1933).
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Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro born
Born in Lugo. Italian mathematician (1853–1925).
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Sarada Devi born
Born in Jayrambati. Spiritual consort of Ramakrishna (1853–1920).
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Alexius Meinong born
Born in Lviv. Austrian philosopher (1853–1920).
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Gabriel Hanotaux born
Born in Beaurevoir. French statesman and historian (1853-1944).
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Ian Hamilton born
Born in Corfu. British Army general (1853–1947).
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Miguel de Bragança born
Born in Kleinheubach. Claimant to the throne of Portugal (1853–1927).
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Hermann Wissmann born
Born in Frankfurt (Oder). German explorer and colonial administrator in Africa (1853–1905).
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Fritz von Below born
Born in Gdańsk. German First World War general (1853–1918).
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Jára Cimrman born
Born in Vienna. Czech fictional character of a national giant.
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Tabitha Babbitt died
Died in Harvard. American tool maker.
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Science & Technology 8
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California Academy of Sciences
Natural history museum in San Francisco
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St. Francis Xavier University
University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
Hospital in Argentina
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Arcadia University
University in Glenside, Pennsylvania
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Foster Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Collingwood Stockade
Former penal stockade and asylum
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Lower Manhattan Hospital
Hospital in New York, United States
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County Hospital, Durham
Former hospital in England
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Exploration & Discovery 6
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Prince Patrick Island
Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Eglinton Island
Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Smith Island
Island in Japan
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Tanais Tablets
Greek inscription
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Assyrian statue
Assyrian statue (Exploration & Discovery).
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Geffrard
Ship wrecked in Western Australia in 1875
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Religion & Belief Systems 10
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Great Synagogue in Chernivtsi
Great Synagogue in Chernivtsi (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Temple Israel
Reform Jewish congregation in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States
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Synagogue in Ivančice
Synagogue in Ivančice (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Synagogue in Skoczów
Synagogue in Skoczów (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Patronage, Jaú
Cathedral of Our Lady of Patronage, Jaú (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Saint George Orthodox church in Derbent
Cathedral of St. George the Victorious
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Notre-Dame de Tout-Pouvoir
Notre-Dame de Tout-Pouvoir (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Synagogue Chesel-El
Synagogue in Jerusalem
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Synagogue in Prabuty
Synagogue in Prabuty (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Mosques in Boradigah
Mosques in Boradigah (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 55
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Levi Strauss & Co.
Privately held American clothing company
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Steinway & Sons
German-American company
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Standard Chartered
British financial company
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Tissot
Swiss watch manufacturer
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Otis Worldwide Corporation
American elevator and escalator manufacturer
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The Travelers Companies
Insurance company
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IHI Corporation
Manufacturing company in Japan
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Zastava Arms
Serbian defense company
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Ansaldo
1853-1993 engineering company in Italy
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SIG Group
Company
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Blüthner
Piano manufacturing company in Leipzig
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Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations
The first major U.S. world's fair
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Great Industrial Exhibition
International exposition in Dublin
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Bausch & Lomb
American company
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Saurer
Organization
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Aetna
American managed health care company
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WMF Group
German houseware manufacturer
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Halifax
British bank
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Agenzia Stefani
Press agency in Italy (1853-1945)
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Volfas Engelman
Alcoholic beverages company in Kaunas, Lithuania
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Jøtul
Norwegian manufacturer of wood heating appliances
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Keebler Company
Second largest cookie and cracker manufacturer in the United States
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Advance-Rumely
American pioneering producer of agricultural machinery
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Rosenlew
Former Finnish enterprise
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Gevalia
The largest coffee roastery in Scandinavia
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Kværner
Norwegian engineering and construction services company
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Bing & Grøndahl
Danish porcelain manufacturer
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Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
UK business
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Lesaffre
Manufacturing company in France
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Enviri
Company
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Piedboeuf Brewery
Belgian brewery
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Brentano's
Defunct American bookseller and publisher
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Hardy Brothers
Australian jewelry company
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Winston & Strawn
Company
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Clerys
Former department store in Dublin, Ireland
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Niederösterreichische Escompte-Gesellschaft
Austrian banking company
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Stanfords
Specialist bookshop of maps and travel books
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Compagnie Générale des Eaux
Compagnie Générale des Eaux (Economy & Trade).
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OAG
Air travel intelligence company
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Boddingtons Brewery
Former regional brewery in Manchester, England
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Beneficial Bank
American bank
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Corn Exchange Bank
American bank
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Skipton Building Society
Financial institution in England
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Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
Former British rolling stock manufacturer
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South Staffordshire Water
British water company
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Rike Kumler Co.
Former American department store in Dayton, Ohio
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Compañía Primitiva de Gas
Former energy company in Argentina
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Barnsley Building Society
Barnsley Building Society (Economy & Trade).
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L. Strauss & Co.
L. Strauss & Co. (Economy & Trade).
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Banque de la Réunion
Business
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Dimmeys
Australian discount store chain
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Usine Gustave Boël
Steel works located in La Louvière, Belgium
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Palissy
Trade name under which the English firm of A.E. Jones and Sons marketed their china and pottery
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Luckett and Farley
American architecture, engineering, and interior design firm
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Bank of America Private Bank
Provides investment management, wealth structuring, and credit and lending
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1853 Shiraz earthquake
Earthquake in Iran
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Cincinnati riot of 1853
Period of civil unrest occuring in Cincinnati during December 1853
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Architecture & Engineering 23
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Notre-Dame de la Garde
Basilica located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France
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Church of Saint-Pierre-Apôtre, Montreal
Church building in Quebec, Canada
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Malangen Church
Church in Balsfjord, Norway
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Polmak Church
Church in Tana, Norway
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Nesflaten Chapel
Church building in Suldal, Rogaland, Norway
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Bucium Monastery
Church building in Iași, Romania
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Holmen Church
Church building in Sigdal Municipality, Norway
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St Andrew's Church, Gibraltar
Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Gibraltar
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Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery
Church building in Louisiana, United States of America
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Saint Patrick Church
Church in Ohio, United States
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Église Saint-Lambert
Church located in Paris, in France
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St. Patrick's Church
Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America
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Brașov Sports School
Outdoor sporting venue in Brașov, Romania
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Adams Grove Presbyterian Church
Church building in Dallas County, Alabama
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Grace Church Van Vorst
Church building in New Jersey, United States of America
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Christ Church, Taitā
Oldest surviving church in the Wellington region
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Church of St. Barnabas
Church in Irvington, New York
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Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn
Church in Blackburn, UK
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Église Saint-Fiacre de Nancy
Church located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France
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St Alban's Church, Wallasey
Grade II listed church in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
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St John the Evangelist's Church
Church in Blackheath, London
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Bethania Presbyterian Church
Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Aberdare
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Church of St. Martin de Porres
Church in Poughkeepsie, New York
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Sports & Entertainment 4
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Södra Teatern
Theatre in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Algerian National Theater Mahieddine Bachtarzi
Building in Algeria
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Circo Price
Concert venue and former circus in Madrid, Spain
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Drama Theatre in Veliky Novgorod
Drama Theatre in Veliky Novgorod (Sports & Entertainment).
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Empires & Countries 5
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Anhalt-Dessau dissolved
Anhalt-Dessau ceased to exist, having been centered at Dessau.
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Nagpur kingdom dissolved
Nagpur kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Nagpur.
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Bastar State founded
Bastar State was founded, with its capital at Jagdalpur.
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Republic of Baja California founded
Republic of Baja California was founded, with its capital at La Paz.
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Muhammadgarh State founded
Muhammadgarh State was founded.
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