WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1854
Find out what all happened September to October 1854

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

Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins. (9. October 1854)

The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing. (1. October 1854)

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

England: The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. (6. October 1854)

The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade). (25. October 1854)

Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War. (21. October 1854)

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