What is 1853?
{{Year nav|1853}} {{Year in various calendars|1853}} {{Year article header|1853}} ==Events== * [[October 4]]&ndash;[[October 5|5]] &ndash; the [[Crimean War]] begins when the [[Ottoman Empire]] begins war with the [[Russian Empire]] * [[August 24]] - [[George speck]], AKA George Crum, prepares the first ever [[Potato chip]] in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]]. == Births == * [[March 30]] – [[Vincent van Gogh]], painter * [[July 18]] – [[Hendrik Lorentz]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[physicist]] and [[mathematician]] == Deaths == * [[March 30]] – [[Abigail Fillmore]], wife of [[President (United States)|U.S. President]] [[Millard Fillmore]] [[Category:1853| ]]