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| 1st Paris Flight Giffard, Henri |  |
| Paris 1st to fly a steam-powered airship over Paris
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| Adjutant Dmitrievich, Mikhail |  |
| Appointed Chief of the Staff of the Russian Army and Adjutant General to the Tsar
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| Attorney Thesiger |  |
| London Appointed Attorney General, 2nd term
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| Battle of Caseros Rosas, Juan Manuel de |  |
| 3rd Feb Caseros The Argentine dictator is defeated & gives up attempts to capture Uruguay
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| Birth Joffre, Joseph | |
| 11th Jan Birth of Joseph Joffre
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| Birth Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Birth of Herbert Henry Asquith
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| Birth French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| 28th Sep Ripple Birth of John Denton Pikstone French
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| Burial Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 18th Nov St Pauls Buried at St Pauls Cathedral
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| Burial Dmitrievich, Mikhail | |
| London Visits London as a representative of the Russian army at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington
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| Capture Ramsay | |
| Captures lower Burma
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| Chancellor Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
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| Chancellor Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
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| Chief of Staff Dmitrievich, Mikhail | |
| Appointed Chief of the Staff of the Russian Army and Adjutant General to the Tsar
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| Colonel Frederick Charles |  |
| Appointed Colonel
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| Constitution Alberdi, Juan Batista | |
| Buenos Aires Publication of, "Bases & Starting Points", basis of Argentina's Constitution in 1853
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| Constitution Cavour, Camillo Benso di |  |
| Adopts free trade, judicial reform & religious freedom
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| Makes Sardinia-Piedmont a model state for Italian unification
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| Rome Adopts free trade, judicial reform & religious freedom
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| Rome A "free Church in a free state"
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| Rome Makes Sardinia-Piedmont a model state for Italian unification
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| Convention Sand River Kruger, Paulus |  |
| 17th Jan Pretoria Africa Gains recognition from Britain of the independence of the Boer State of Transvaal
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| Coup d'Etat Mindon Min |  |
| Amarapura Succeeds his half brother Pagan Min
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| Coup d'Etat Pagan Min | |
| Amarapura A revolution at Amarapura, the Burmese capital, overthrows Pagan Min
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| Amarapura Pagan Min is replaced by his half brother, Mindon Min
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| Death Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 14th Sep Walmer Castle Death of Arthr Wellesley
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| Death Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich | |
| Death of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
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| Diet of the German Confederation Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Frankfurt Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austria's growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation
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| Frankfurt Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt
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| Exile Rosas, Juan Manuel de | |
| Buenos Aires Forced into exile after defeat at the Battle of Caseros
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| First Sea Lord Graham, James Robert George | |
| London Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 2nd term
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| Government Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 4th Nov Forms a coaltion Government of Peelites, Whigs & Radicals
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| 19th Dec Leads a Lib-Con coalition with Russell & Gladstone
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| Government Stanley, Edward | |
| 23rd Feb Forms a minority Tory Protectionist Government for 9 months
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| Grand Vizier Pasha, Mehmed Emin Ali |  |
| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 1st term
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| Health Russell | |
| London Founds the National Board of Public Health
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| Independence Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| Transvaal Africa Wins the Independence of Transvaal from the British
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| Invention Airballoon Giffard, Godfrey | |
| 24th Sep Trappes Giffard makes the first powered and controlled flight traveling 27 km from Paris to Trappes
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| Minister Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von |  |
| Appointed Foreign Minister
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| Minister Fialin, Jean-Gilbert-Victor | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior
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| Minister Russell | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister
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| Minister Koumoundouros, Alexandros |  |
| Appointed Minister of Economics
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| Peerage Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 20th Oct Created Baron Raglan
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| Press Gallery Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 4th Nov London The House of Commons Press Gallery opens for the 1st time
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| Prime Minister Bluhme, Christian Albrecht |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Denmark, 1st term
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| Prime Minister Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| Prime Minister Stanley, Edward | |
| 23rd Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
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| Prime Minister Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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| Appointed Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont
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| Privy Council Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 16th Oct Appointed Privy Counsellor
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| Publication Alberdi, Juan Batista | |
| Publication of, "Bases & Starting Points", basis of Argentina's Constitution in 1853
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| Publication Tennyson | |
| Publication of, "Death of the Duke of Wellington"
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| Purchase Balmoral Castle Victoria | |
| Balmoral Castle Albert & Victoria purchase Balmoral Castle & its land for ś31,500
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| Balmoral Albert & Victoria purchase Balmoral Castle & its land for ś31,500
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| Resignation Russell | |
| London Forced to resign by Lord Palmerston's proposed amendment to the Militia Bill
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| Resignation Stanley, Edward | |
| London Minority Government is defeated following the Chancellor's budget
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| Resignation Temple, Henry John | |
| 17th Dec Forced to resign after supporting the Coup of Louis Napoleon in France
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| Revolution Rosas, Juan Manuel de | |
| Rosas is overthrown by a revolution led by General Justo Jos‚ de Urquiza
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| Revolution Urquiza, Justo Jos‚ de | |
| Rosas is overthrown by a revolution led by General Justo Jos‚ de Urquiza
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| Rule of Pegu Mindon Min | |
| Pegu Agrees to the cession of Pegu
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| Succession Napoleon III | |
| Paris Restores the Empire, assumes the title of Emperor Napoleon III
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| Paris Succeeds as Emperor of France
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| 2nd Dec Paris Succeeds as Emperor of France, proclaims himself Emperor
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| Unification Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Frankfurt Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austria's growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation
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