What historical event happened during the year of 1853?

Answer 1

Very few significant historical events occurred in Australia in 1853. 1853 was the year that transportation of convicts to Australia from Ireland ended. (England followed suit fifteen years later.) 1854 was more significant. * Australia's first telegraph line was opened on 3 March 1854; it ran from Melbourne to Williamstown. * The first Cobb & Co coach run was on 30 September 1854, departing Melbourne for the Forest Creek diggings (now Castlemaine) and Bendigo. * The Battle of the Eureka Stockade occurred near Ballarat, Victoria, on 3 December 1854.

Answer 2

In 1853, the United States signed the Gadsden Purchase with Mexico, acquiring land that would later become parts of Arizona and New Mexico.