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Conflict Europe

Crimean War

1853 CE – 1856 CE · 3 years

Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire fought Russia over influence in the declining Ottoman territories. The war was centred on the siege of Sevastopol in Crimea and exposed the failures of all armies involved.

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Crimean War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ottoman Empire, France, Britain & Sardinia-Piedmont
  • Russian Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Crimean War.

  1. 1854 Battle of the Alma
  2. 1854 Battle of Balaclava
  3. 1854 Battle of Inkerman
  4. 1854–1855 Siege of Sevastopol

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3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1853 CE and 1856 CE.

1853 CE Salt Lake Temple 1856 CE Second Opium War 1856 CE Panthay Rebellion

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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