recapture Delhi, compelling the surrender of Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal emperor. September 22 (September 10 O.S.) – Russian ship of the line Lefort sinks in the Gulf of Finland during a sudden squall with the loss of 826 lives; 30 other ships are wrecked in the same storm. October–December October 13 – Panic of 1857: New York banks close, and do not reopen until December 12. October 24 – Sheffield F.C., the world's first association football team, is founded in Sheffield, United Kingdom. October 24 – 28 enslaved people escape their enslavers in Maryland November 1 – The Indus Valley Region (i.e., Pakistan Region) is incorporated into Southern Asia as part of British India, for the next 90 years. November 30 – President of Mexico Ignacio Comonfort is succeeded by Félix María Zuloaga. December – The Reform War in Mexico begins. December 7 – U.S. Consul in Japan Townsend Harris meets the Shogun in Edo in a diplomatic reception, the first ever meeting between the Shogun and a foreign diplomat. December 16 – The 7.0 Basilicata earthquake shakes the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Southern Italy) with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing about 10,000 people. December 20 – Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria issues a decree, Es ist Mein Wille, which leads to the demolition of the city walls of Vienna, allowing the construction of the Ringstraße. December 28 – Second Anglo-Chinese War: 2nd Battle of Canton – British and French forces begin an assault on the Qing dynasty Chinese city of Canton (Guangzhou). December 31 – Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as the capital of Canada. Date unknown The first commercial tea plantation in the British Raj is opened in the Mulnicherra Estate in Sylhet. The Mormons abandon Las Vegas. Kuala Lumpur, the future capital of Malaysia, is founded as a tin mining settlement. La Tène culture artifacts are discovered in Switzerland, by Hansli Kopp. Illinois State University, the first public university in Illinois, is established in Normal, Illinois. Bucharest becomes the world's first city to have its streets illuminated by kerosene lamps. U.S. politician William Daniel proposes the Local Option for Prohibition. U.S. composer James Lord Pierpont composes "Jingle Bells", originally entitled "The One Horse Open Sleigh". Suzumoto Vaudeville Theater officially opens in Ueno region, Edo (modern-day Tokyo) in Japan. Sunny Lane, Falmouth, is built. San Jose State, the first public U.S. university