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| Ambassador Pasha, Mehmed Emin Ali |  |
| London Appointed Ambassador to Britain
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| Birth Dvorak, Antonin |  |
| Nelahozeves Rep Birth of Antonin Dvorak
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| Birth Renoir, Pierre Auguste |  |
| 25th Feb Lioges Birth of Pierre Auguste Renoir
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| Birth Edward VII |  |
| 9th Nov London Birth of Edward VII, 2nd child & eldest son of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
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| Birth Stanley, Henry Morton | |
| 28th Jan Birth of Henry Morton Stanley
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| Birth Victoria | |
| 9th Nov Birth of Edward VII, eldest son & 3rd child of Victoria & Albert
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| Capture Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 26th Jan Hong Kong Hong Kong is ceded to Britain by China
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| Constitution Espartero |  |
| Madrid Becomes virtual dictator of Spain after the resignation of Regent Maria Christina
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| Convention Chuanbi Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 20th Jan Chuanbi Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi
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| Convention Chuanbi Peel, Robert | |
| 20th Jan Chuanbi Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi
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| Convention London Nicholas I |  |
| London The Allies will not send warships to the Dardanelles & Bosphorous if Turkey is neutral
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| Convention London Abdulmecid I | |
| London Under the convention of London Acre is returned to Turkey
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| Death Birbeck, George | |
| 12th Jan London Death of George Birbeck
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| Death Lermontov, Mikhail Yurevich | |
| Death of Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, killed in a duel
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| Death Harrison, William Henry |  |
| Death of William Henry Harrison, after 1 month in office
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| Discovery of Africa Livingstone, David | |
| Sent by the London Missionary Society to Sth Africa
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| Duel Lermontov Lermontov, Michael | |
| Killed in a duel
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| Election Graham, James Robert George | |
| Dorchester Elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester
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| Election Lamb, William | |
| Loses the General Election
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| Election Peel, Robert | |
| 6th Sep The Conservatives win a majority for the 1st time, winning by 80 seats
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| 6th Sep The Conservatives win their highest gains in the English Counties
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| Free Trade Peel, Robert | |
| 6th Sep Believes without free trade there could be civil disorder
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| 6th Sep Campaigns on the issue of Free Trade to become Prime Minister
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| 6th Sep Stanley resigns over Peel's Free Trade Policy, Peel's only casualty
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| Government Victoria | |
| Appoints Peel to form a Government & will replace some Whig appointments at court
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| Governor Brooke, James | |
| Appointed Governor of Brunei
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| Investiture Edward VII | |
| 4th Dec London Invested as the Prince of Wales
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| Minister Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
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| Minister Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno |  |
| Appointed Minister of USA
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| President Ballivian, Jose |  |
| Appointed President of Bolivia, Bolivia's first President
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| President Mavrokordatos, Alexander |  |
| Appointed President of the Council
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| President Harrison, William Henry | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 9th President
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| President Tyler, John | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 10th President
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| Prime Minister Peel, Robert | |
| 6th Sep Appointed Prime MInister of Great Britain
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| Prime Minister Kriezis, Antonios | |
| 10th Aug Appointed Prime Minister of Greece, 1st term
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| Prime Minister Mavrokordatos, Alexandros | |
| 6th July Appointed Prime Minister of Greece, 2nd term
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| Publication Stifter, Adalbert |  |
| Publication of, "Feldblumen"
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| Publication Browning, Robert | |
| Publication of, "Pippa Passes"
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| Publication Poe, Edgar Allen | |
| Publication of, "The Murders In the Rue Morgue"
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| Reform Peel, Robert | |
| London Controls the circulation of paper money
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| Regency Espartero | |
| Madrid Appointed Regent of Spain
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| Resignation Lamb, William | |
| London Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| Resignation Peel, Robert | |
| 6th Sep Stanley resigns over Peel's Free Trade Policy, Peel's only casualty
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| Revolution Koumoundouros, Alexandros | |
| Takes part in the revolution of Crete
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| Rule of Acre Abdulmecid I | |
| Acre Under the convention of London Acre is returned to Turkey
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| Rule of Hong Kong Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 20th Jan Hong Kong Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi
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| Rule of Hong Kong Peel, Robert | |
| 20th Jan Hong Kong Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi
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| Rule of Straits Abdulmecid I | |
| Straits Domination of the Straits is given to the Ottoman Empire by the treaty of Hunkar
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| Secretary Graham, James Robert George | |
| 2nd Sep Appointed Home Secretary
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| Secretary Stanley, Edward | |
| Appointed Secretary for War & the Colonies by Sir Robert Peel
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| Siege of Jellalabad Sale, Robert | |
| Jellalabad Afghans besiege the British at Jellalabad held by 2,000 troops under Sale
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| Jellalabad After 5 months Sale mounts a succesful counter-attack against the Afghan forces
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| Treaty of Hunkar Iskelesi Abdulmecid I | |
| Hunkar Iskelesi Domination of the Straits is given to the Ottoman Empire by the treaty of Hunkar
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| Hunkar Iskelesi Other countries' battleships' transit in the periods of peace is forbidden
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| Trial Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| Prosecuted for a duel with one of his own officers, but is acquitted
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| Under Secretary Canning, George | |
| Appointed Under Secretary at the Foreign Office
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| Vice President Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Vice President of the Board of Trade
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| Vice President Tyler, John | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President
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