Editing 1857 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]]&ndash;[[November 19]] &ndash; [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]: [[Siege of Lucknow]].
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]: The second massacre at [[Siege of Cawnpore|Kanpur]] takes place.
* [[July 18]]
** The Utah Expedition leaves [[Fort Leavenworth]], effectively beginning the [[Utah War]].
** [[Prison hulk]]s are used for the last time in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gossett|first=William Patrick|year=1986|title=The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793–1900|publisher=Mansell|isbn=0-7201-1816-6|page=114}}</ref>
* [[August 20]] &ndash; The ''[[Dunbar (ship)|Dunbar]]'' wrecks near the entrance to [[Sydney Harbour]], Australia, with the loss of 121 lives.
* [[August 28]] &ndash; The [[Matrimonial Causes Act 1857|Matrimonial Causes Act]] makes divorce without [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliamentary]] approval legal in the United Kingdom.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=277–278|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[September]] &ndash; The [[Panic of 1857]] begins: Speculation in U.S. railroad shares, and the collapse on [[August 24]] of the New York City branch of the [[Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company]], following widespread [[embezzlement]], trigger a financial crisis which will extend to Europe.
* [[September 11]] &ndash; The [[Mountain Meadows massacre]] occurs in [[Utah]].
* [[September 12]] &ndash; The {{SS|Central America}} sinks off the coast of [[North Carolina]] with the loss of 425 lives.
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]: British forces recapture [[Delhi]],<ref name=CBH/> compelling the surrender of [[Bahadur Shah II]], the last [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperor]].
* [[September 22]] (September 10 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) &ndash; [[Russian ship of the line Lefort|Russian ship of the line ''Lefort'']] sinks in the [[Gulf of Finland]] during a sudden [[squall]] with the loss of 826 lives;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spbae.ru/reinfeldt_2004.htm|title=On the Wreck of the Warship Le Fort|first=G. A.|last=Reinfeldt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827173645/http://spbae.ru/reinfeldt_2004.htm|language=Russian|accessdate=2021-09-22|archive-date=August 27, 2011}}</ref> 30 other ships are wrecked in the same storm.