Mitchell Families Online

GENEALOGY OF MY MITCHELL FAMILIES - AND A LOT MORE BESIDES!

1851 - 1854 (3 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1846	30 Jun 1846—21 Feb 1852: Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, UK Prime Minister (Whig) Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
2	1850	9 Jul 1850—3 Mar 1853: Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States Millard Fillmore
3	1851	1851: Gold discovered in Australia 1851: Australia Gold Rush Gold is discovered at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat 1 May 1851: Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations ("Crystal Palace" exhibition) opened in Hyde Park 1 Jul 1851: Australia Victoria Victoria colony is founded
4	1852	1852: Tasmania ceases to be a convict settlement 1852: Wells Fargo established in USA 23 Feb 1852—17 Dec 1852: Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, UK Prime Minister (Tory and Whig) Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby 19 Dec 1852—30 Jan 1855: George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, UK Prime Minister (Conservative) George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen
5	1853	1853: Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory in Britain 4 Mar 1853—3 Mar 1857: Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States Franklin Pierce
6	1854	1854: Cigarettes introduced into Britain 27 Mar 1854: Britain declares war on Russia (Crimean War) 25 Oct 1854: Battle of Balaklava in Crimea (charge of the Light Brigade)