1857

In 1857, the five-year-old Victoria Waterfield was photographed by Charles Dodgson, the author of Alice in Wonderland, who was better known by his pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in later years. (PROSE: Downtime)

In India, the sepoys began the Indian Mutiny due to their belief that their gun cartridges were being coated in pork or beef fat. Upon its conclusion, the British East India Company was abolished and the Indian Civil Service founded. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)