WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1854
Find out what all happened June to September 1854

In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon. (13. July 1854)

The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred. (19. August 1854)

The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate. (10. June 1854)

Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea. (20. September 1854)

The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands. (21. June 1854)

The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean. (27. September 1854)

USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the US Navy, is commissioned. (28. July 1854)

The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships. (4. August 1854)

In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held. (6. July 1854)

Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden. (9. August 1854)

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