Timeline May 1857

Events in May 1857 2

• 1810 – 1857 Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) Died 2 May 1857, aged 46 Musset was a French poet and playwright associated with the Romantic movement, known for works including Lorenzaccio and his autobiographical novel The Confession of a Child of the Century. His turbulent relationship with the writer George Sand became one of the era's best-known literary romances.
• 1857 Utah War begins US federal troops march against Mormon settlers President James Buchanan ordered US Army troops to Utah Territory to suppress a reported rebellion by Mormon settlers and install a non-Mormon governor. The ensuing standoff between federal forces and the Nauvoo Legion militia produced skirmishes but little bloodshed before a negotiated settlement in 1858. It was one of the costliest peacetime military mobilizations in antebellum US history.