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| Ambassador Canning, George |  |
| Constantinople Appointed Ambassador to Turkey |
| London Appointed Minister of Constantinople, 3rd term |
| Birth Delgado, Eloy Alfaro |  |
| 25th June Birth of Eloy Alfaro Delgado |
| Birth Abdulhamid II |  |
| 21st Sep Birth of Abdulhamid II |
| Commander Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Composition Verdi, Giuseppe |  |
| Composes, "Nabucco" |
| Composition Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich |  |
| Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, father of modern Russian music, composes opera, "A Life for the Czar" |
| Conductor Wagner, Richard |  |
| Dresden Appointed Conductor of the Dresden Opera House |
| Discovery of Ross Ice Barrier Ross, James Clarke | |
| Ross Barrier Discovers the Ross Ice Barrier |
| Governor Bruce, James | |
| Appointed Governor of Jamaica |
| Legislation Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Leader of the reforms for coal mines legislation, Coal Mines Act |
| Press Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| Cologne Appointed Editor of the Rheinische Zeitung |
| Publication Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich | |
| "Dead Souls", concerns the rogue Chichikov who buys the names of dead serfs from landowners in order to mortgage them as property |
| "The Overcoat", about a downtrodden clerk who sacrifices much to buy a new overcoat that is stolen the first time he wears it |
| Rebellion Nicholas I | |
| July Kazan Suppresses a rebellion in the Kazan province |
| Reform Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Leader of the reforms for coal mines legislation, Coal Mines Act |
| Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Income tax is reintroduced to cope with the budget deficit |
| London Set at 7d in the pound with an exemption limit of œ150 |
| Reform Peel, Robert | |
| London Prohibits the employment of women & children under ten underground |
| Restoration Dust Muhammad |  |
| Kabul Restored as Amir of Afghanistan |
| Rule of Hong Kong Peel, Robert | |
| Hong Kong Under the treaty of Nanking Hong Kong is ceded to Britain |
| Rule of Hong Kong Pottinger, Henry | |
| Hong Kong Negotiates the treaty of Nanking under which China cedes Hong Kong to Britain |
| Rule of Hong Kong Temple, Henry John | |
| Hong Kong Under the treaty of Nanking Hong Kong is ceded to Britain |
| Treaty of Nanking Peel, Robert | |
| Nanking Under the treaty of Nanking Hong Kong is ceded to Britain |
| Treaty of Nanking Pottinger, Henry | |
| Nanking Negotiates the treaty of Nanking under which China cedes Hong Kong to Britain |
| Treaty of Nanking Temple, Henry John | |
| Nanking Opens up Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Nangpo & Shanghai, known as "the Treaty ports" |
| Nanking The treaty of Nanjing ends the 1st Opium War between Britain & China |
| Nanking Under the treaty of Nanking Hong Kong is ceded to Britain |
| Treaty of Webster Ashburton Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| London Settles a border dispute between Canada & the USA |
