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| 1856 |
| | | Democrat candidate James Buchanan wins the US presidential election, defeating Republican John C Fr&eqacute;mont | |
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| 1857 |
| | | The Boers of the southern Transvaal declare independence as the South African Republic | |
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| 1858 |
| | | Palmerston's government collapses and Lord Derby heads another Conservative minority administration | |
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| 1858 |
| | | Conservatives seize Mexico City at the start of a civil war against the Liberal government | |
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| 1858 |
| | | Napoleon III and Cavour hatch a secret plan at Plombièes to tempt Austria into war in north Italy, and agree how to divide up the spoils | |
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| 1858 |
| | | The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company | |
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| 1858 |
| | | Under the Treaty of Aigun, Russia wins from China the valuable Pacific coastline down to Vladivostok | |
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| 1859 |
| | | Liberal leader Lord Palmerston returns to office as the British prime minister after the collapse of Derby's coalition government | |
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| 1859 |
| | | The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia merge as a single new entity, to be called Romania | |
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| 1859 |
| | | After a six-year campaign by Sir William Hooker, the government allocates £10,000 for a new conservatory - the Temperate House - to be built to designs by Decimus Burton. | |
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