1854
This page lists news articles and events for the year 1854.
Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.
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| Decades: | 1820s | 1830s | 1840s | 1850s | 1860s | 1870s | 1880s |
| Years: | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 |
Undated
January
- January 6:
- Fiction: Birthdate of celebrated consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, according to Sherlockian scholar Christopher Morely
February
- February 28
- Event: Several abolitionists meet in Ripon, Wisconsin to call for a new political party to oppose slavery; this is considered by many to be the start of the Republican Party.
March
April
May
- May 30
- Event: Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, establishing that the issue of slavery would be determined by popular election in the new territories and voiding the Missouri Compromise
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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