Being born under the Chinese Zodiac Sign Ox you will have qualities such as patience, being taciturn and motivate others to reach higher levels of confidence. Eccentric by nature Oxes sometimes anger too easily. Most have strong opinions coupled with fierce tempers. They don't speak often but when they do it's quite eloquent. Oxes are strong mentally and physically. In everyday life Oxes are easygoing. Stubborness often brings them more harm than good. Failing or being opposed in their beliefs does not sit well for an Ox.
Astrology character and traits of Ox sign: Calm, relaxed, patient, self-assured, sincere, brave, intelligent, sociable, alert, can anger easily, bigoted and resolute.
1853 Zodiac Sign Ox 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 1853 then your astrological sign is Ox. 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 Ox are: Rat, Rooster, Pig, Snake
Bad matches for Zodiac Sign Ox are: Goat, Horse, Dog
Historical Events for the Year 1853
22nd February Star Sign » Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
19th March Star Sign » The Taiping Rebellion or Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
16th April Star Sign » The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
2nd July Star Sign » The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean war First hostilities known as Crimean War.
8th July Star Sign » U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry named Matthew Perry arrives in Edo bay with a treaty requesting trade.
25th July Star Sign » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
24th September Star Sign » Admiral Auguste Febvrier Despointes e.g Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
30th November Star Sign » Crimean War: Battle of Sinop The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Military of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Navy e.g Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop (Turkey) named Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
30th December » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate Rail transport or railroad building in the Southwestern United States named Southwest.
31st December Star Sign » A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London called London, England.
Famous Birthdays in 1853
10th January » Jessie Bond, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
11th January » Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
16th January » Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager (d. 1937)
16th January » Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general (d. 1947)
16th January » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin known as Michelin Tyre Company (d. 1931)
17th January » Alva Belmont, American activist (d. 1933)
28th January » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
28th January » Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher) named Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
6th February » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
5th March » Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
14th March » Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
16th March » Heinrich Kayser, German physicist and spectroscopist (d. 1940)
18th March » Emilie Kempin-Spyri, Swiss lawyer and academic (d. 1901)
27th March » John Edward Kelley, American journalist and politician (d. 1941)
30th March » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)
4th April » Tad Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871)
7th April » Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, (d. 1884)
23rd April » Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
27th April » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (d. 1914)
1st May » Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Russian-American playwright (d. 1909)
8th May » Dan Brouthers, American baseball player (d. 1932)
21st May » Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
28th May » Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)
3rd June » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942)
5th July » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (d. 1902)
17th July » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920)
18th July » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
24th July » William Gillette, American actor and author (d. 1937)
27th July » Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1921)
19th August » Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)
28th August » Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse (d. 1939)
2nd September » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
9th September » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer (d. 1926)
14th September » Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1924)
16th September » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
26th November » Bat Masterson, Canadian-American police officer and journalist (d. 1921)
27th November » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (d. 1928)
28th November » Helen Magill White, American academic (d. 1944)
6th December » Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
14th December » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist (d. 1932)
17th December » Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, co-founded the Pasteur Institute (d. 1933)
19th December » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th List of lieutenant governors of Quebec known as Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (d. 1942)
22nd December » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)
22nd December » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (d. 1919)
22nd December » Sarada Devi, Indian mystic and philosopher (d. 1920)
26th December » René Bazin, French author and academic (d. 1932)
30th December » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1929)
Famous Deaths in History for 1853
1st January » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
8th January » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
13th January » Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (b. 1783)
19th January » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
4th March » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)
4th March » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
17th March » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
13th April » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (b. 1788)
13th April » James Iredell, Jr., American politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
28th April » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
8th May » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
18th May » Lionel Kieseritzky, Baltic German/French chess player (b. 1806)
2nd June » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English colonel (b. 1777)
7th June » Norbert Provencher, Canadian missionary and bishop (b. 1787)
29th June » Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1797)
23rd July » Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)
25th July » Joaquin Murrieta, Mexican-American criminal (b. 1829)
23rd August » Alexander Calder (Beaumont, Texas) known as Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
8th September » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
2nd October » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
22nd October » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, List of Presidents of Uruguay called President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
30th October » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786)