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| Battle of Badli Sari Bahadur Shah II |  |
| 8th June Badli Sari A British relief force defeats an army of mutineers at Badli Sari and takes up a position on the famous ridge, overlooking the city of Delhi
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| 14th June Badli Sari The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured
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| Birth Michaelis, Georg |  |
| 8th Sep Birth of Georg Michaelis
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| Birth Baden-Powell, Robert |  |
| 22nd Feb London Birth of Robert Baden-Powell
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| Birth Carden, Sackville Hamilton | |
| 3rd May Tipperary Birth of Sackville Hamilton Carden
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| Birth Alekseyev, Mikhail Vasilyevich |  |
| Birth of Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev
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| Birth Tsiolkovskii, Konstantin | Russsia |
| Birth of rocket pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovskii
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| Bombing of Canton Cobden, Richard | |
| Canton Forwards a vote of censure in the Government for Bowring's bombardment of Canton
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| British Museum Smirke, Sydney | |
| London Completes the reading room of the British Museum
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| Capture Nicholson, John | |
| 14th June Delhi The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured
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| Chairman Committee Military Affairs Davis, Jefferson |  |
| Appointed Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs
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| Chief of Staff Moltke | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff by Prince Wihelm
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| Composition Liszt, Franz |  |
| Composition of, "Hungarian Coronation Mass"
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| Constitution Juarez, Benito |  |
| Mexico City Introduces a liberal Constitution
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| Declaration of War Bruce, James | |
| London Declares war on Emperor Yeh
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| Declaration of War Temple, Henry John | |
| The British & Frernch launch a joint military attack against China
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| 3rd Mar London Declares war on China
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| Diplomacy Victoria | |
| Keeps Prussia out of the war between Austria & Sardinia
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| Divorce Temple, Henry John | |
| London Establishes Divorce Courts which replace Ecclesiastical Courts
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| Election Cavendish, Spencer | |
| Elected Member of Parliament
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| Election Temple, Henry John | |
| "An insolent barbarian wielding authority at Canton had violated the British flag"
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| Exile Bahadur Shah II | |
| 14th June Delhi Bahadur Shah is captured and exiled to Burma during the siege of Delhi
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| Marriage Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| July Marries Georgina Alderson
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| Medal Victoria | |
| Crimea The Victoria Cross is instituted for valour at the Crimea, made from captured guns
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| 26th June Hyde Park A new military honour is awarded by Victoria to 62 servicemen in Hyde Park
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| Minister Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno | |
| Appointed Minister of France
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| NAUI Cavour, Camillo Benso di |  |
| Founds the National Association for the Union of Italy
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| Rome Founds the National Association for the Union of Italy
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| Parliament Temple, Henry John | |
| 4th Mar London Parliament is dissolved after The Queen agrees to Parlmerston's request
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| Plenipotentiary Bruce, James | |
| London Appointed Special Envoy to China & Japan with power to make war & peace
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| President Juarez, Benito | |
| Appointed President of Mexico, 1st term
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| President Pretorius, Marthinus |  |
| Appointedrst President of the newly formed SouthAfrican Republic, 1st term
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| President Buchanan, James | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 15th President
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| Press Herzen, Alexander Ivonovich | |
| London Appointed Editor of The Bell
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| London Founds the Bell, 1st opposition paper smuggled into Russia
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| Prime Minister MacDonald, John Alexander |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, 2nd term
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| Prime Minister Temple, Henry John | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| The Winner of the election with a majority of 85 seats over all other parties combined
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| Publication Stifter, Adalbert |  |
| Publication of, "Der Nachsomer"
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| Publication Dickens, Charles | |
| Publication of, "Little Dorrit"
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| Publication Trollope, Anthony | |
| Publication of, "Barchester Towers"
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| Rebellion Temple, Henry John | |
| 10th May Meerut Oubreak of the Indian Mutinty
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| Rebellion Bahadur Shah II | |
| Bahadur Shah II, by now the pensioned descendant of the Mogul dynasty, is popularly acclaimed as the leader of resistance
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| Rebelling Indian kings and the Indian regiments accepted Zafar as Emperor of India
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| 10th May The violence starts when Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the Army shoots his commander for forcing the Indian troops to use controversial rifles, Indians constitute 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence spreads
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| Rebellion Pandey, Mangal | |
| 10th May Meerut The violence starts when Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the Army shoots his commander for forcing the Indian troops to use controversial rifles, Indians constitute 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence spreads
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| Reform Temple, Henry John | |
| 25th Aug London The Matrimonial Clauses Bill makes it possible for a divorce in a court of law
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| Sepoy Mutiny Bahadur Shah II | |
| 10th May Bahadur Shah II, by now the pensioned descendant of the Mogul dynasty, is popularly acclaimed as the leader of resistance
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| 10th May Indians constituted 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence against British quickly spread (hence the name Sepoy Mutiny)
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| 8th June Badli Sari A British relief force defeats an army of mutineers at Badli Sari and takes up a position on the famous ridge, overlooking the city of Delhi
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| Sepoy Mutiny Pandey, Mangal | |
| 10th May Meerut The violence starts when Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the Army shoots his commander for forcing the Indian troops to use controversial rifles, Indians constitute 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence spreads
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| Siege of Canton Bowring, John | |
| Canton China retalliates by attacking British subjects in China
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| Canton Shells Canton after China kidnaps a ship in Chinese waters
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| Siege of Delhi Bahadur Shah II | |
| 8th June Delhi A British relief force defeats an army of mutineers at Badli Sari and takes up a position on the famous ridge, overlooking the city of Delhi
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| 14th June Delhi Bahadur Shah is captured and exiled to Burma during the siege of Delhi
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| 14th June Delhi The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured
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| Siege of Delhi India Nicholson, John | |
| 14th June Delhi The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured
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| Siege of Lucknow Campbell, Colin | |
| Nov Lucknow Leads a 5,000 reinforcements into the residency at Lucknow
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| 16th Nov Lucknow Fights into the residency & rescues the occupants but leaves the city in rebel hands
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| Siege of Lucknow Cavanagh, Thomas | |
| Nov Lucknow Becomes the 1st civilian to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Lucknow
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| Nov Lucknow Goes through enemy lines & guides Campbell's reinforcements into the British residency
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| Nov Lucknow Slips through enemy lines & guides Campbell's forces into the British residency
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| Siege of Lucknow Havelock, Henry | |
| 25th Sep Lucknow Fights through enemy lines & enters the Residency
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| Siege of Lucknow Inglis, John | |
| 4th July Lucknow Appointed to command the British garrison during the 2nd day of the siege
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| Siege of Lucknow Lawrence, Henry | |
| 2nd July Lucknow 1st day of the siege, moved many of the local British into the garrison for safety
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| 4th July Lucknow Killed during the 2nd day of the siege
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| Succession Victoria | |
| London Confirms Albert's title as "Prince Consort"
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| Trial Flaubert, Gustave |  |
| 25th June Paris Placed on trial for offences against public morality in his novel "Madame Bovary"
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| Vice President Breckinbridge, John | |
| Appointed Vice President of the USA
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| Vote Confidence Cobden, Richard | |
| Censures the Government for its support of Bowring's bombardment of Canton
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| Cobden's vote of censure leads to the fall of the Government
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| Forwards a vote of censure in the Government for Bowring's bombardment of Canton
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| Vote Confidence Temple, Henry John | |
| 3rd Mar London Loses a vote of censure by 263 to 247 votes which leads to a dissolution of Parliament
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