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1854Mar, 13

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, 1st Count of Villèle (14 April 1773 – 13 March 1854), better known simply as Joseph de Villèle , was a French statesman. Several times Prime minister, he was a leader of the Ultra-royalist faction during the Bourbon Restoration.

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Events on 1854

  • 31Mar

    Convention of Kanagawa

    Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
  • 1Apr

    Hard Times (novel)

    Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times begins serialisation in his magazine Household Words.
  • 19Aug

    Grattan massacre

    The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
  • 27Sep

    SS Arctic disaster

    The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 9Oct

    Siege of Sevastopol (1854-55)

    Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins.