Editing 1853 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany|Prince Leopold]], the youngest son and the eighth child of [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale|Prince Albert]], is born.
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Indian Railways]]: The first passenger railway in India opens from [[Bombay]] to [[Thana, Maharashtra]], {{convert|22|mi|km}}.
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Perpetual Maritime Truce]] comes into force between the United Kingdom and the rulers of the Sheikhdoms of the Lower Gulf, later known as the [[Trucial States]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lorimer|first=John|title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf|publisher=British Government|location=Bombay|year=1915}}</ref>
* [[May 12]]–[[October 31]] &ndash; The [[Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)|Great Industrial Exhibition]] is held in [[Dublin]], Ireland.
* [[May 23]] &ndash; The first [[plat]] for [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], is laid out.
* [[May]]
** The world's first [[public aquarium]] opens, as a feature of the [[London Zoo]].
** An outbreak of [[yellow fever]] kills 7,790 people in [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pritchett|first1=Jonathan B.|last2=Tunali|first2=Insan|year=1995|title=Strangers' Disease: Determinants of Yellow Fever Mortality during the New Orleans Epidemic of 1853|journal=Explorations in Economic History|volume=32|issue=4|pages=517–539|doi=10.1006/exeh.1995.1022}}</ref>
** [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] accepts [[John Scott Russell]]'s tender for construction of the {{SS|Great Eastern}} passenger steamer.
*[[June 22]] – [[Guimarães]] is elevated to city status by Queen [[Maria II of Portugal|Maria II]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guimarães foi elevada a cidade há 170 anos. Junta realiza sessão solene |url=https://jornaldeguimaraes.pt/noticias/170-anos-de-cidade/#:~:text=A%2022%20de%20junho%20de,S%C3%A3o%20Sebasti%C3%A3o%20assinala%20a%20efem%C3%A9ride. |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=jornaldeguimaraes.pt}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The Northern Expeditionary Force crosses the [[Yellow River]].
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]] is selected as ''[[Prefect (France)|préfect]]'' of the [[Seine (department)]] to begin the re-planning of Paris.