HERE are some other key moments to have taken place in 1853:
Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was born in March while businessman and South African pioneer Cecil Rhodes was born in July.
The Halifax Building Society took its first deposits in February.
The first pillar box on the British mainland was opened in Carlisle in September.
The world’s first public aquarium was opened in London Zoo in April.
The Crimean War broke out in October, which would become a major source of news for the Warrington Guardian, between Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
Queen Victoria was the monarch while The Earl of Aberdeen was Prime Minister.
Charlotte Bronte had her novel Vilette published.
The clothing company Levi Strauss was founded in March.
Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th president of the United States, succeeding Milard Filmore.
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