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Events on Tuesday 4 October 1853 1
1853Crimean War beginsOttoman Empire declares war on RussiaThe Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia on 4 October 1853 after a dispute over protection of Christian subjects and holy sites in the Ottoman-controlled Holy Land. Britain and France entered the following year on the Ottoman side, turning a regional dispute into a major European war. The conflict would last until 1856 and claim hundreds of thousands of lives.