Rulers:
• Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (1850-1853)
• Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (1853-1857)
• Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
Events:
• Neue Pinakothek founded in Munich.
Births:
• Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927)
• Courtois, Gustave (1853-1923)
• Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890)
Literature:
• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): A Child’s History of England (1853)
• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): Bleak House (1852-1853)
• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): Some Christmas Stories (1850-1853)
• Ruskin, John (1819-1900): Lectures on Architecture and Painting (1853)
• Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910): A Russian Proprietor, and Other Stories (1852-1859)
Music:
• Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsodies (1846-53)
• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Violin Concerto (1853)
• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Il trovatore (1853)
• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): La traviata (1853)
Art:
• Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899): La foire aux chevaux (1852-55)
• Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863): Christ en croix (c.1853-56)
• Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863): Le Christ sur la croix (1853)
• Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863): Lion dévorant un lapin (1853)
• Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863): Tigre qui boit (1853-55)
• Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863): Vue de Tanger (1852-53)
• Hugo, Victor (1802-1885): Victor Hugo sur le rocher des Proscrits (c.1853)
• Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910): Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1853)
• Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910): The Light of The World (1851-56)
• Monginot, Charles (1825-1900): Nature morte (c.1853)
• Scott, William Bell (1811-1890): Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower (c.1853)