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| Accession William IV |  |
| 24th June Accedes to the throne
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| Ambassador Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de |  |
| London Appointed Ambassador to Britain
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| Battle of Antwerp Chasse, David Hendryk |  |
| 27th Oct Antwerp Held by the Belgians & bombarded by the Dutch forces, strengthening anti-Dutch feeling
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| Birth Franz Josef I |  |
| 18th Aug Schonnbrunn Birth of Franz Josef I, eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl brother & her to Ferdinand I
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| Birth Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 3rd Feb Hatfield Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
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| Birth Isabella II |  |
| Madrid Birth of Isabella II, eldest daughrer of Ferdinand VII & Maria Cristina of Naples
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| Birth Abdulhamid I |  |
| Birth of Abdulhamid I
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| Bombing of Antwerp Chasse, David Hendryk | |
| 27th Oct Antwerp Held by the Belgians & bombarded by the Dutch forces, strengthening anti-Dutch feeling
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| BPU Wood, Thomas | |
| London Founds the Birmingham Political Union for political & Parliamentary reform
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| Burial George IV | |
| June Windsor Buried in St George's Chapel
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| Chief Secretary Stanley, Edward | |
| Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland
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| Clifton Suspension Bridge Brunel, Isambard Kingdom | |
| Bristol Designs Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge
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| Colonial Secretary Goderich, Frederick John Robinson | |
| Goderich moves over to the Whigs and joined Lord Grey's cabinet, again as Colonial Secretary
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| Conference of London Temple, Henry John | |
| 4th Nov London Hosts an internatioal Conference in London on the independence of Belgium
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| 1st Dec London Informs Belgium any threat to Luxemburg will justify intervention of the German States
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| 1st Dec London Informs Belgium that it has no claim to Luxemburg
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| 20th Dec London The Conference formally agrees to the independence of Belgium from Holland
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| Conference of London Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 4th Nov London Wellington opens the London Conference to discuss Belgian independence
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| Death George IV | |
| 4th June Windsor Death of George IV, stomach rupture & dropsy
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| Death Bolivar, Simon |  |
| 17th Dec Santa Marta Death of Simon Bolivar
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| Exile SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph | |
| SieyŠs returns to France from exile
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| Exile Bolivar, Simon | |
| 4th May Bogota Leaves Bogota for Europe, hopes to avoid further bloodshed
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| First Sea Lord Graham, James Robert George | |
| London Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 1st term
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| Governor Bosch | |
| Amsterdam Appointed Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
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| Independence Lamb, William | |
| 3rd Feb London Establishes a Greek Kingdom
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| 3rd Feb London Independence is guaranteed by Britain, France & Russia by means of the London Protocol
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| Independence Temple, Henry John | |
| Allows Belgian independence
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| 4th Nov Palmerston is determined that Belgium should become independent
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| 1st Dec London Informs Belgium any threat to Luxemburg will justify German intervention
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| Independence Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 4th Nov London Wellesley opens the London Conference to discuss Belgian independence
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| Independence William I | |
| 3.5 million Belgians, the majority in the United Netherlands, become independent
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| Belgium rebels against the union with Holland imposed on them by the Treaty of Vienna
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| Invention Locomotive Stephenson, George | |
| Liverpool Completes the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the 1st steam passenger line
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| Legislation Jackson, Andrew |  |
| 29th April Washington The Preemption Act offers settlers $1.25 an acre
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| 29th April Washington The Preemption Act offers settlers cultivating land $1.25 an acre
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| Lieutenant Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel
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| Major Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| Appointed Major
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| Minister Guizot, Francois-Pierre-Guillaume | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior
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| Minister Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu | |
| Appointed Minister of War, 2nd term
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| Minister Temple, Henry John | |
| 22nd Nov Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term
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| Mormon Church Mormo, Moroni | |
| Dounds the Church of Jesus Christ of the latter day saints
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| Mormon Church Smith, Joseph | |
| 6th April Organizes the Church of the Latter-Day Saints at Fayette in New York
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| Old Museum Schinkel, Karl Friedrich |  |
| Berlin Completes the Old Museum in Berlin
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| Ordinance St Cloud Ordinance Polignac | |
| Paris Passes the St Cloud Ordinance which costs Charles X his throne
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| Paymaster General Russell | |
| London Appointed Paymaster General
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| President Shee, Michael | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy
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| Prime Minister Grey, Charles | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
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| Publication Balzac, Honore de | |
| Publication of, "La Vendetta"
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| Publication Cobbett, William | |
| Publication of a collection of essays
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| Publication of, "Rural Rides"
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| Publication Lyell, Charles | |
| Publication of, "Principles of Geology"
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| Publication Tennyson, Alfred | |
| Publication of, "Poems"
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| Publication Mormo, Moroni | |
| Publication of, "Book of Mormon"
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| Publication Young, Brigham | |
| Publication of, "The Book of Mormon"
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| Rebellion William I | |
| Brussells William concedes Belgian independence after revolts in Brussels
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| Rebellion Nicholas I |  |
| July Outbreak of rebellion in Poland
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| Reform Jackson, Andrew | |
| 29th April Washington The Preemption Act offers settlers cultivating land $1.25 an acre
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| 28th May Washington The Indian Removal Act removes Indians to lands west of the Mississippi
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| Resignation Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 16th Nov Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| Rule of Iowa Jackson, Andrew | |
| 15th July Iowa Under the treaty of Praire du Chien Indian tribes cede Iowa, Missouri & Minnesota
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| Rule of Minnesota Jackson, Andrew | |
| 15th July Minnesota Under the treaty of Praire du Chien Indian tribes cede Iowa, Missouri & Minnesota
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| Rule of Missouri Jackson, Andrew | |
| 15th July Missouri Under the treaty of Praire du Chien Indian tribes cede Iowa, Missouri & Minnesota
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| Rule of Samos Lachanas, Constantinos |  |
| Samos Mahmout II is forced to recognize the principality of Samos under a Christian ruler
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| Rule of Samos Mahmud II | |
| Samos Mahmout II is forced to recognize the principality of Samos under a Christian ruler
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| Samos The Great Powers return Samos to Turkey but it retains its autonomy
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| Salic Law Ferdinand VII | |
| Ferdinand VII abolishes the Salic Law which leads to the 1st Carlist War
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| Secretary Lamb, William | |
| Appointed Home Secretary
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| Secretary Temple, Henry John | |
| 18th April Appointed Foreign Minister
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| Siege of Antwerp Chasse, David Hendryk | |
| 27th Oct Antwerp Held by the Belgians & bombarded by the Dutch forces, strengthening anti-Dutch feeling
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| Succession Ferdinand I | |
| Succeeds as King of Hungary
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| Succession Louis Phillipe | |
| Paris Son of Louis Philipe Joseph, the Duke of Orleans becomes King of the French
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| Paris Succeeds as King of France
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| Succession Victoria | |
| Victoria's uncle William IV becomes King making Victoria the heir presumptive
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| Succession William IV | |
| London Succeeds as King of Great Britain, Age 64, after the death of his brother George IV
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| Succession Ferdinand II |  |
| Succeeds as King of Italy
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| Supreme Chief Bolivar, Simon | |
| Appointed Supreme Chief of Colombia
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| Treaty of Praire du Chien Jackson, Andrew | |
| 15th July Praire du Chien Indian tribes cede most of Iowa, Missouri & Minnesota
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| Treaty of Trade Jackson, Andrew | |
| 7th May Washington The treaty of Commerce & Navigation is signed with the Ottoman Empire
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| Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi Orlov | |
| Unkiar Skelessi Signed with Turkey for military aid if Turkey closes the Straits to foreign warships
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