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Crimean War (1854–56) - events| 14 September 1854 | UK, France, Russian Empire | Britain and France land unopposed in the Crimea to begin the Crimean War with Russia over its attempt to increase its power in southeast Europe at the expense of the Ottoman Empire. | | 20 September 1854 | Russian Empire, UK, France | British and French troops are victorious over Russian forces at the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War. | | 17 October 1854 | UK, France, Russian Empire | English and French forces begin the siege of the Russian-held city of Sevastopol in the Crimea. | | 5 November 1854 | UK, France, Russian Empire | British and French forces defeat the Russians at the Battle of Inkerman. | | 11 September 1855 | UK, France, Russian Empire | British and French forces enter the Crimean city of Sevastopol after the besieged Russians within capitulate. | | 1 January 2003 | England | The killing of two teenage bystanders – Charlene Ellis and Latisha Shakespear – outside a New Year's party venue in Birmingham, England, in an apparent shootout between rival black gangs focuses attention on the growing problem of gun crime in UK inner cities. |
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