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| Battle of Buena Vista Anna, Santa |  |
| 23rd Feb Buena Vista Defeated by General Zacharay Taylor |
| Battle of Buena Vista Davis, Jefferson |  |
| Buena Vista The riflemen & Indiana volunteers under Davis turn the course of battle into victory for the Americans by a bold charge under heavy fire against the Mexicans |
| Battle of Buena Vista Taylor, Zacharay | |
| 23rd Feb Buena Vista Defeats Santa Anna at Buena Vista |
| Battle of Cerro Gordo Anna, Santa | |
| 18th April Cerro Gordo Defeated by General Scott |
| Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott, Winfield | |
| 18th April Cerro Gordo Defeats Santa Anna |
| Battle of Chapultepec Scott, Winfield | |
| 13th Sep Chapultepec Overcomes the fortress of Chapultepec the last obstacle before Mexico City |
| Battle of Molino del Rio Anna, Santa | |
| 8th Sep Molino del Rio Defeated by General Scott |
| Battle of Molino del Rio Scott, Winfield | |
| 8th Sep Molino del Rio Defeats Santa Anna |
| Birth Runciman, Walter |  |
| 6th July Birth of Walter Runciman |
| Birth Togo, Heihachiro |  |
| 22nd Dec Kagoshima Birth of Heihachiro Togo |
| British Museum Smirke, Robert | |
| London Completes the construction of the British Museum |
| Budget Frederick William IV |  |
| Berlin Calls up an Assembly for a loan to build a railway from Berlin to Bahgdad |
| Berlin Must offer a written Constitution & an elected Assembly before the loan is agreed |
| Berlin The loan request for the Berlin-Konigsberg railway is rejected |
| Berlin The United Diet refuses to agree the loan for a new railway |
| Capture of Mexico City Nicholson, Augustus | |
| 14th Sep Mexico City Cuts down the Mexican colours & raises the Stars & Stripes |
| Capture of Mexico City Terret, George | |
| 14th Sep Mexico City Breaks up a counter attack by the Mexican lancers before Mexico City is taken |
| Capture of Vera Cruz Scott, Winfield | |
| 27th Mar Vera Cruz Captures Vera Cruz |
| Communist League Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| Founds the Communist League from the Communist Correspondence Committees |
| Composition Verdi, Giuseppe |  |
| Composes, "I masnadien" |
| Composes, "Jerusalem" |
| Composes, "Macbeth" |
| Constitution Frederick William IV | |
| Berlin Allows freedom of the press |
| Berlin Refuses to allow a fully representative Assembly |
| Berlin Refuses to allow a written Constitution |
| Berlin The Diet is united against Frederick William's idea of a representative Assembly |
| Diet Kossuth Kossuth, Lajos |  |
| Budapest Appointed Hungarian Diet |
| Discovery of Anaesthetic Young Simpson, James | |
| 4th Nov Carries out the 1sr succesful experiment to use chloroform as an anaesthetic |
| Election Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Magdeburg Bismarck is elected to the Vereinigter Landtag |
| Exile of Siegwart Muller Siegwart-Muller, Konstantin |  |
| Berne Flees the Country after defeat in the Sonderbund war |
| Governor Pottinger, Henry | |
| Madras Appointed Governor of Madras |
| Governor Ramsay | |
| Appointed Governor General of India, 1st term |
| Governor Juarez, Benito | |
| Oaxaca Appointed Governor of Oaxaca |
| Independence Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus |  |
| River Vaal Africa Cross es the Vaal River to free the Boers from British rule |
| Vaal River Africa Cross es the Vaal River to free the Boers from British rule |
| Legislation Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| Lord Lieutenant Villiers | |
| Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
| Lord Lieutenant Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
| Marriage Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Bismarck marries Johanna von Puttkamer |
| Mormon Church Young, Brigham | |
| Appointed President of the Mormon Church |
| Occupation Salt Lake Young, Brigham | |
| Salt Lake Leads the Mormon occupation of Great Salt Lake Valley, assumes dictatorial powers |
| President Monagas, Jose Tadeo |  |
| Appointed President of Venezuela, 1st term |
| Press Brannan, Samuel | |
| San Francisco Publishes the 1st newspaper in San Francis co |
| Prime Minister Guizot, Francois-Pierre-Guillaume |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of France |
| Publication Bronte, Anne | |
| Publication of, "Agnes Grey" |
| Publication Bronte, Charlotte | |
| Publication of, "Jane Eyre" |
| Publication Bronte, Emily | |
| Publication of, "Wuthering Heights" |
| Publication Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Publication of, "Tancred" |
| Publication Herzen, Alexander Ivonovich |  |
| Publication of, "Who Is To Blame?" |
| Reform Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| Reform Fielden, John | |
| London Sponsors the successful passage of the Ten Hours act |
| Senator Davis, Jefferson | |
| 5th Dec Davis takes hist seat in the Senate |
| Siege of Da Nang Tu Duc |  |
| Da Nang The French lay siege to Da Nang |
| Speech Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Makes maiden speech outraging the Assembly by his reactionary views |
| Succession Tu Duc | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Vietnam, Vietnam's last Emperor |
| United Diet Bismarck Sch”nhausen Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Magdeburg Called on by the Magdeburg estate to represent it at the United Diet |
