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  The Taiping ebelling gainst Machu Qing Dynasty
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  a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China
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  Florence Nightingale opens the first ever Nursing school in London
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  The first street trams are introduced to Britain in Birkenhead
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  British Government decides to remain neutral in the American Civil War
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  British and French troops used heavy artilery on a large scale for the first time in China
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  Another battle in the Taiping Revolution
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  Mexico is invaded by the second French Empire
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  Major Rebeling in Taiwan during Qing Dynasty lasting untl 1865
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  A battle between the French Invasion Force and their Mexican Inperial Allies on one side and the mexican Republican forces on the other.
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  Decisive victory for the Qing Dynasty against the Taiping rebels.
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  series of battles during the French Intervention in Mexico
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  French victorious in capturing Mexico City
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  Mexican victory during the Maximillion affair.