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| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01-06-1857 | Charles Baudelaire | Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. |
| 01-06-1857 | Revolution of the Ganhadores | The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. |
| 03-03-1857 | Second Opium War | Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. |
| 06-03-1857 | Dred Scott v. Sandford | The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people. |
| 06-05-1857 | East India Company | The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence. |
| 07-09-1857 | Mountain Meadows Massacre | Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train. |
| 09-01-1857 | 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake | The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). |
| 10-05-1857 | Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut. |
| 11-05-1857 | Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British. |
| 11-09-1857 | Mountain Meadows Massacre | The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah. |
| 12-09-1857 | SS Central America | The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California gold rush. |
| 14-05-1857 | Mindon Min | Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma in Mandalay, Burma. |
| 16-11-1857 | Siege of Lucknow | Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day. |
| 18-04-1857 | The Spirits Book | "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France. |
| 18-07-1857 | Louis Faidherbe | Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French. |
| 20-09-1857 | Indian Rebellion of 1857 | The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company. |
| 22-09-1857 | Russian ship of the line Lefort | The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard. |
| 23-03-1857 | Elisha Otis | Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City. |
| 24-01-1857 | University of Calcutta | The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia. |
| 24-08-1857 | Panic of 1857 | The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history. |
| 24-10-1857 | Sheffield F.C. | Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England. |
| 26-06-1857 | Victoria Cross | The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. |
| 27-07-1857 | Siege of Arrah | Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces. |
| 29-03-1857 | Sepoy | Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. |
| 31-12-1857 | Queen Victoria | Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada. |
