WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1857
Find out what all happened June to September 1857

Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. (1. June 1857)

Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden–Norway. (6. June 1857)

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company. (20. September 1857)

The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah. (11. September 1857)

The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history. (24. August 1857)

Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French. (18. July 1857)

The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the San Francisco Gold Rush. (12. September 1857)

The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard. (22. September 1857)

Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train. (7. September 1857)

The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. (26. June 1857)