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| Alliance Cavour, Camillo Benso di |  |
| Jan Piedmont Sends 10,000 Piedmontese troops to assist the Allies
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| Allied Assault Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich |  |
| 7th June Part of the Russian outer defences are seized, there are 8,500 Russian casualties
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| Arrest Menelik II |  |
| Held captive by Tewodros II, 1855-1865
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| Battle of Eupatoria Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich | |
| 17th Feb Eupatoria Defeated by the Turks & the Allied siege line draw closer
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| Battle of Malakoff MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de |  |
| 8th Sep Malakoff French victory at the battle of Malakoff brings about the capture of Sevastopol, and closes the Crimean War
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| 8th Sep Malakoff Utters the famous quotation now attributed to him: J'y suis, j'y reste ("Here I am, here I stay")
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| Battle of Sevastopol MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 8th Sep Sebastopol Storms the Malakoff Redoubt
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| Battle of Sveaborg Dundas, Richard |  |
| 14th Sep Sveaborg Bombards Sveaborg, the "Gibraltar of the North"
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| Battle of Traktir Ridge Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich | |
| 16th Aug Traktir Ridge Ends in Russian defeat & the last hope for relieving Sevastopol
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| Birth Browning, John Moses |  |
| 21st Jan Birth of John Moses Browning
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| Capture MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 8th Sep Sevastopol French victory at the battle of Malakoff brings about the capture of Sevastopol, and closes the Crimean War
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| Capture Pelissier, Aimable Jean Jacques | |
| 24th May Kerch Clears the Sea of Azov & severs Russian communications with the interior
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| Capture Temple, Henry John | |
| Malakov Sevastopol surrenders after the French capture Malakov
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| Sevastopol Sevastopol surrenders after the French capture Malakov
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| Capture Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich | |
| Kars Russia besieges and occupies the Turkish fortress of Kars
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| Capture Nicholas I | |
| Sevatopol Russia besieges and occupies the Turkish fortress of Kars
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| Chancellor Cornewall Lewis, George | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
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| Commander Pelissier, Aimable Jean Jacques |  |
| Vienna Appointed Commander of French Field Army, veteran of the Algerian wars
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| Commander Dundas, Richard | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| Commander Simpson | |
| 28th June Appointed Commander of the British Field Force
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| Commander Dmitrievich, Mikhail | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces in the Crimea in place of the disgraced Prince Menshikov
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| Commander Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Russian forces, replaces Menshikov
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| Composition Berlioz, Hector | |
| Composition of, "Les Troyans"
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| Conference of Vienna Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Vienna Remains neutral hoping to win Russian friendship at a later date
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| Conference of Vienna Temple, Henry John | |
| Vienna Gains Russian & Austrian agreement to reopen the Vienna Conference
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| Vienna Sevastopol has fallen, the Black Sea Fleet sunk & the Baltic Fleet isolated
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| Congress of Paris Napoleon III | |
| Paris Persuades the Allies to hold the Peace Congress in Paris rather than Vienna
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| Death Kierkegaard, Soren |  |
| Death of Soren Kierkegaard
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| Death Bronte, Charlotte | |
| 31st Mar Death of Charlotte Bronte
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| Death Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 28th June Sevastopol Death of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, Commander of the British forces in the Crimea
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| Declaration of War Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von | |
| 15th Dec Vienna Demands Russia agree Allied demands for cession of Bessarabia
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| 15th Dec Vienna Demands Russia agree Allied demands for neutralization of the Black Sea
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| Diplomacy Napoleon III | |
| 16th April Dover Arrives in Dover to begin a state visit of Britain
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| Diplomacy Molesworth | |
| London Sweden signs a Treaty of fiendship with Britain & France
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| Diplomacy Victoria | |
| Supports Palmerston's policy in the Crimea & visits Napoleon III
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| Discovery of Victoria Falls Livingstone, David | |
| 17th Nov Victoria Falls Discovers the Victoria Falls
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| First Lieutenant Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| Appointed First Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry, Kansas
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| Government Temple, Henry John | |
| 10th Feb Forms a new Government
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| Grand Vizier Pasha, Mehmed Emin Ali |  |
| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 2nd term
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| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 1st term
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| Head of State Fazy, Jean Jacob |  |
| Berne Appointed Head of the Government, 2nd term
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| Inspector General Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| Appointed Inspector General of the Cavalry
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| Minister Bruck, Karl Ludwig von | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance
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| Peace Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von | |
| 15th Dec Vienna Russia accepts Austria's ulimatum to negotiate with the Allies
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| President Koumoundouros, Alexandros |  |
| Appointed President of the Greek Parliament
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| President Monagas, Jose Tadeo |  |
| Appointed President of Venezuela, 2nd term
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| Prime Minister Temple, Henry John | |
| 6th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
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| Publication Brooks | |
| Publication of, "Aspen Court"
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| Publication Browning, Robert | |
| Publication of, "Men & Women"
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| Publication Trollope, Anthony | |
| Publication of, "The Warden"
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| Publication Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich | |
| Publication of, "A Month in the Country"
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| Resignation Canrobert, Francois Certain | |
| Vienna Resigns command after interference from French Government
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| Resignation Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Sevastopol Resigns after the Times article about conditions of British soldiers at Sevastopol
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| 29th Jan Sevastopol The Government is defeated over conditions facing the troops in the Crimea
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| Resignation Russell | |
| London Resigns after the revelation of a comprimise peace in Vienna to stop the Crimean War
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| Resignation Russell, William Howard | |
| Forces Aberdeen's resignation after his Times article about conditions at Sevastopol
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| Secretary Molesworth | |
| Appointed Colonial Secretary
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| Serfdom Alexander II | |
| Appoints a committee to draw up a decree for the abolition of serfdom
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| Siege of Kars Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich | |
| Kars Russia besieges and occupies the Turkish fortress of Kars
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| Siege of Redan Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 17th June Redan Commences the siege of Redan but fails & dies 10 days later
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| Siege of Sevastopol MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 8th Sep Sevastopol French victory at the battle of Malakoff brings about the capture of Sevastopol, and closes the Crimean War
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| Siege of Sevastopol Simpson | |
| 18th June Sevastopol Begins the siege by attacking the Redan fotress
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| 18th June Sevastopol The attack is repulsed but resumed in Sept
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| Siege of Sevastopol Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| Sevastopol Jointly commands the capture of Sevastopol, "the eye tooth of the bear"
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| Sevastopol Raglan and his staff are blamed by the press and the Government for the hardships and sufferings of the British soldiers in the terrible Crimean winter before the Siege of Sevastopol, owing to shortages of food and clothing
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| Sevastopol Results in an Allied victory, is was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal
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| 10th Sep Sevastopol Forces the surrender of Sevastopol after 2 days of attacks on Malakoff & Redan
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| Siege of Sevatopol Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich | |
| Sevatopol is captured after about a year-long siege
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| Siege of Sevatopol Nicholas I | |
| Sevatopol Sevatopol is captured after about a year-long siege
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| Siege of Sveaborg Nicholas I | |
| Sveaborg The Western Allied Baltic Fleet tries to destroy heavily defended Russian dockyards at Sveaborg outside Helsinki
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| Succession Alexander II | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar of Russia
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| Vote Confidence Temple, Henry John | |
| 9th June Vienna Wins a vote of confidence in Parliament for pulling out of the Vienna Peace talks
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