Being born under the Chinese Zodiac Sign Dragon people are stubborn, energetic, healthy, short tempered and excitable. Brave and honest to the bone Dragons inspire confidence and trust in others. The most eccentric and also a little sensitive zodiac sign is that of the Dragon. Dragons have realistic views of the world and would hardly ever borrow money. Being easily excitable and energetic can sometimes give others advantage over the soft hearted Dragons.
Astrology character and traits of Dragon sign: Honorable, brave, healthy, intelligent, enthusiastic, independent, flamboyant, energetic, excitable, eccentric and short tempered.
1856 Zodiac Sign Dragon Compatibility
Chinese Zodiac Signs are based upon a twelve year lunar cycle. Your zodiac animal sign is determined by your birthday year. If you were born in 1856 then your astrological sign is Dragon. There are twelve animal signs. Each animal has it's own attributes and personality traits the Chinese believe comprise the nature of each particular animal.
Best matches for Zodiac Sign Dragon are: Rooster, Monkey, Rat, Goat, Snake
Bad matches for Zodiac Sign Dragon are: Dog
Historical Events for the Year 1856
26th January Star Sign » First Battle of Seattle (1856) Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur 1839 6 drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
29th January Star Sign » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a Warrant (law) or Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British Empire named British military personnel during the Crimean War.
7th February Star Sign » The colony e.g colonial Parliament of Tasmania e.g Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
11th February Star Sign » The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Kolkata named Calcutta.
22nd February Star Sign » The United States Republican Party named Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh.
25th February Star Sign » A Congress of Paris (1856) or Peace conference opens in Paris after the Crimean War.
30th March Star Sign » The Treaty of Paris (1856) known as Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
10th April Star Sign » The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University in Vermont.
21st April Star Sign » Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an Eight-hour day.
1st May Star Sign » The Province of Isabela (province) known as Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of the Queen Isabela II of Spain.
21st May Star Sign » Lawrence, Kansas is Sacking of Lawrence named captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
22nd May Star Sign » United States House of Representatives Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats United States Senate Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southern United States Souther
24th May Star Sign » John Brown (abolitionist) named John Brown and his men Pottawatomie Massacre known as kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
8th June Star Sign » A group of 194 Pitcairn Islands named Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS or Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
9th June Star Sign » 500 Mormon handcart pioneers or Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled cart e.g handcarts.
17th July Star Sign » The Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, kills over 60 people.
8th October Star Sign » The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the 'Arrow Incident' on the Pearl River (China) known as Pearl River.
6th November Star Sign » 'Scenes of Clerical Life', the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
17th November Star Sign » American Frontier American Old West: On the Sonoita Creek Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan, Arizona Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
9th December Star Sign » The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.