Timeline November 1857

Events in November 1857 3

• 1795 – 1857 Henry Havelock (1795-1857) Died 24 November 1857, aged 62 Havelock was a British general who led the relief of the besieged garrison at Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He died of dysentery in Lucknow shortly after the city's first relief. He was celebrated as a national hero in Britain and commemorated with a statue in Trafalgar Square.
• 1857 Panic of 1857 Global financial crisis triggered by a US bank failure The failure of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company in August 1857 set off a financial panic that spread through the United States and across the Atlantic to Britain and continental Europe. Railroad overexpansion and falling grain prices had left banks overextended, and the ensuing credit collapse caused widespread bankruptcies and unemployment. It is considered the first worldwide economic crisis.
• 1857 David Livingstone publishes Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa Bestselling account fuels Victorian interest in Africa David Livingstone published his account of his travels across southern and central Africa, including his crossing of the continent and sighting of Victoria Falls. The book became a bestseller in Britain and cemented Livingstone's fame as an explorer. It helped spur British missionary and imperial interest in the African interior.