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| 1st Flight Cayley, George |  |
| Makes the 1st flight in an aeroplane, a 5ft long model glider |
| Balmoral Castle Great Britai Albert | |
| 28th Sep Balmoral Orders the renovation & enlargement of Balmoral Castle |
| Balmoral Castle Albert | |
| 28th Sep Balmoral Castle Orders the renovation & enlargement of Balmoral Castle |
| Battle of Oltenitza Pasha, Omar |  |
| 4th Nov Oltenitza Defeats the Russians in southern Romania, near the Danube |
| Battle of Sinope Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 30th Nov Sinope Russian troops move into Moldavia |
| Battle of Sinope Nakhimov, Paul |  |
| 30th Nov Sinope Attacks the Turkish Admiral Hussein Pasha, the Turkish flotilla is destroyed |
| Battle of Sinope Nicholas I | |
| 30th Nov Sinope The destruction of the Turkish ships provide Great Britain and France the casus belli for declaring war against Russia, on the side of the Ottoman Empire |
| 30th Nov Sinope The Russians destroy the Turkish Fleet at Sinope |
| Battle of Sinope Abdulhamid I | |
| 30th Nov The destruction of the Turkish ships provide Great Britain and France the casus belli for declaring war against Russia, on the side of the Ottoman Empire |
| 30th Nov The Sultan's armies attack the Russian army near the Danube, Nicholas respondes by dispatching warships, which destroy a patrol squadron of Ottoman frigates and corvettes while they were anchored at the port of Sinope |
| Battle of Sinope Pasha, Hussein | |
| 30th Nov Sinope Attacked by Russia's Admiral Nakhimov, the Turkish flotilla is destroyed |
| Birth Marti, Jose |  |
| 28th Jan Birth of Jose Marti |
| Birth Gallwitz, Max von |  |
| 2nd May Breslau Birth of Max von Gallwitz |
| Birth Leopold | |
| London Birth of Leopold, 8th child of Victoria & Albert, 3rd in line to the throne |
| Birth Leopold of Albany | |
| Birth of Leopold, Duke of Albany, 8th child of Victoria & Albert |
| Birth Victoria | |
| Birth of Leopold, Duke of Albany, 8th child of Victoria & Albert |
| Birth Gogh, Vincent van |  |
| Birth of Vincent van Gogh |
| Birth Rama V |  |
| 20th Sep Bangkok Birth of Rama V |
| Blockade of Black Sea Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 23rd Sep Istanbul The British Fleet is ordered to Istanbul |
| Budget Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Increases bonds, raises loans & doubles income tax to 1s 2d to pay for the Crimean war |
| Capture of Shanghai Hsiuch'ing, Yang |  |
| Shanghai The rebel leader captures Shanghai, China is now split into 2 |
| Commandant Pretorius, Marthinus |  |
| Orange Free Africa Appointed Commander of the Boer forces |
| Constitution Urquiza, Justo Jos‚ de |  |
| Argentine national unity is established, and a Constitution promulgated |
| Declaration of Vienna Note Nicholas I | |
| July Vienna The Vienna Note is issued by the Allies to Turkey |
| Declaration of War Nicholas I | |
| 4th Oct River Danube Turkey declares war on Russia & crosses the Danube under Michael Lattas |
| Declaration of War Pasha, Omar | |
| 4th Oct Danube Turkey declares war on Russia & crosses the Danube under Michael Lattas |
| 4th Oct River Danube Cross es the Danube & declares war on Russia |
| Diplomacy Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Feb London Russia proposes that the two countries share out the remains of the Ottoman Empire |
| 2nd June Besika Bay The fleet is ordered to Besika Bay to warn Russia not to attack the Ottoman Empire |
| Diplomacy Nicholas I | |
| Claims to be protector of Orthodox Chris tians in the Ottoman Empire |
| Diplomacy Perry, Matthew |  |
| Tokyo Bay Sails a flotilla of USAwarships to the mouth of Tokyo Bay & opens Japan to trade |
| Director Joachim Joachim, Joseph |  |
| Hanover Appointed Director of concerts at the court of Hanover |
| Election Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Stamford Elected Member of Parliament for Stamford |
| Exile of Juarez Juarez, Benito |  |
| Mexico City Exiled by the conservatives under Santa Anna |
| Fellow Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Oxford Appointed Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford |
| Governor Ramsay | |
| Appointed Governor General of India |
| Halles Centrale Baltard, Victor |  |
| Paris Completes an iron & glass structure which Houses the General market of Paris |
| Industry Exhibition Victoria | |
| 12th May Opens the art-industry exhibition designed to promote the industry & arts of Ireland |
| Invasion of Moldavia Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 3rd July Moldavia Russian troops move into Moldavia |
| Invasion of Moldavia Dmitrievich, Mikhail | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the troops which occupy Moldavia and Wallachia |
| Invasion of Romania Nicholas I | |
| Jerusalem Uses Turkey's oppression of Chris tians in Jerusalem to enter the Meditererranean |
| Straits Goes through the Straits & occupies Turkey's Romanian principalities |
| Invasion of Turkey Nicholas I | |
| Claims to be protector of Orthodox Chris tians in the Ottoman Empire |
| Invasion of Wallachia Dmitrievich, Mikhail | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the troops which occupy Moldavia and Wallachia |
| Legislation Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| Marriage Montijo, Eugenie de | |
| 29th Jan Paris Marries Napoleon III |
| Marriage Napoleon III | |
| 29th Jan Paris Marries Eugenie de Montijo, a Spanish Countess |
| Minister of Britain Buchanan, James | |
| Appointed Minister of Great Britain |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Villiers | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| Minister of US Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno | |
| Appointed Minister of USA |
| Mobilization Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 2nd June Besika Bay The fleet is ordered to Besika Bay to warn Russia not to attack the Ottoman Empire |
| 2nd June Besika Bay The Tsar sends his troops into Moldavia and Wallachia (the "Danubian Principalities"), Great Britain, seeking to maintain the security of the Ottoman Empire, sends a fleet to the Dardanelles , where it joined another fleet sent by France |
| Peerage Greville | |
| Warwick Created Earl of Warwick |
| Plot Franz Josef I | |
| Feb Janos Libenyi attempts to assassinate Franz Josef I |
| Plot Libenyi, Janos |  |
| Feb Janos Libenyi attempts to assassinate Franz Josef I |
| Postmaster General Canning, George | |
| Appointed Post Master General |
| President Pierce, Franklin | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 14th President |
| Publication Stifter, Adalbert | |
| Publication of, "Bunte Steine" |
| Publication Bronte, Charlotte | |
| Publication of, "Villette" |
| Publication Dickens, Charles | |
| Publication of, "Bleak House" |
| Publication Nicholas I | |
| July The Allied peace terms to Turkey in the Vienna Note are ignored |
| July The Allies demand Turkey not to alter the status of Chris tians without Russia & France |
| Reform Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Gladstone sets up a civil service commission & public examinations for officials |
| London The Trevelyn-Northcote report recommends a competitive appointment system |
| Reform Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Sydney The Penal Servitude Act increases prison sentences |
| Revolution Urquiza, Justo Jos‚ de | |
| Argentine national unity is established, and a Constitution promulgated |
| Rule of India Sahib, Nana |  |
| The leader of the Marathas is denied his titles and his pension is stopped |
| Secretary Navy Dobbin, James Cochran | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Navy |
| Secretary Treasury Wilson, James | |
| Appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury |
| Succession Eugenie | |
| Succeeds as Empress of France |
| Succession Iesada |  |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan |
| Succeeds as Tokugawa Shogun, 13th Shogun |
| Treaty of Amity Iesada | |
| Treaty of Amity between USA& Japan |
| Treaty of Kanagawa Iesada | |
| Kanagawa Treaty of Kanagawa between USA& Japan |
| Vice President King, William | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
