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| Abdication Bahadur Shah II |  |
| 29th Mar The last Mughal ruler is deposed |
| Arrest Bahadur Shah II | |
| Humayun's Tomb captured & his sons Mirza Mughal & Khizar Sultan & his grandson Abu Bakr executed |
| Battle of Cawnpore Campbell, Colin |  |
| Cawnpore Helps crush the Indian mutiny & recaptures Cawnpore |
| Battle of Lucknow Campbell, Colin | |
| Lucknow Uses 20,000 men, the largest army ever seen in India, to recapture Lucknow |
| Birth Planck, Max Karl Ernst |  |
| Birth of Max Karl Ernst Planck, developed quantum theory |
| Birth Beatrice | |
| Birth of Beatrice, 9th child of Victoria & Albert |
| Birth Victoria | |
| Birth of Beatrice, 9th child of Victoria & Albert |
| Birth Webb, Beatrice Potter | |
| 22nd Jan Birth of Beatrice Potter Webb |
| Birth Roosevelt, Theodore |  |
| 27th Oct Birth of Theodore Roosevelt |
| British Raj Bahadur Shah II | |
| The British Raj rules India |
| Capital Victoria | |
| 7th Aug Ottowa Chooses Ottowa as the capital of Canada |
| Capture of Canton Bruce, James | |
| London During February the British capture Canton & capture Emperor Yeh |
| Chancellor Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term |
| Coup d'Etat Zuloaga, Felix |  |
| Mexico City Seizes Mexico City & proclaims himself President |
| Death Abercromby, James | |
| 17th April Midlothian Death of James Abercromby |
| Diplomacy Victoria | |
| Calls for leniency in dealing with the Indian rebels |
| Diplomacy Cavour, Camillo Benso di |  |
| Agrees France having Nice & Savoy for its support in Italian unification |
| Plombieres Meets Napoleon in secret |
| Plombieres Obtains support to expel Austria from Lombardy & Venetia |
| Rome Agrees France having Nice & Savoy for its support in Italian unification |
| Emperor of India Bahadur Shah II | |
| The title of "Emperor of India" is taken over by the British monarch, Victoria |
| Empress Canning, George | |
| Trans fers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India |
| Exile of Bahadur Shah II Bahadur Shah II | |
| Yangon Exiled to Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar) |
| Government Stanley, Edward | |
| 20th Feb Forms a minority Tory Government of free traders & Peelites |
| 20th Feb Gladstone refuse to join the Government |
| Governor Douglas, James |  |
| Extends British ruleby creating the colony & becoming its first Governor |
| Governor Canning, George | |
| Appointed Governor General of India |
| Grand Vizier Pasha, Mehmed Emin Ali |  |
| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 2nd term |
| Appointed Grand Vizier, 1st term |
| Halle Orchestra Halle, Charles | |
| 30th Jan Manchester Founds the Halle Orchestra |
| Invention Galvonometer Thomson, William | |
| Patents the mirror galvonometer |
| Lieutenant General Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| Lord Chancellor Thesiger | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term |
| Marriage Frederick III | |
| Berlin Marries Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Galt, Alexander Tilloch | |
| Appointed Finance Minister |
| Minister of War Bonin, Eduard von | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| Minister President Charles Anthony | |
| Appointed Minister President |
| Mughal Dynasty Bahadur Shah II | |
| A formal end is declared to the Mughal Dynasty |
| Yangon A formal end is declared to the Mughal Dynasty |
| Patent Thomson, William | |
| Patents the mirror galvonometer |
| President Zuloaga, Felix | |
| Appointed President of Mexico, 1st term |
| Prime Minister Brown, George | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Canada |
| Prime Minister Stanley, Edward | |
| 20th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| 20th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| Rebellion Canning, George | |
| Suppresses a mutiny & earns the nickname "Clemency Canning" |
| Rebellion Bahadur Shah II | |
| Humayun's Tomb captured & his sons Mirza Mughal & Khizar Sultan & his grandson Abu Bakr executed |
| Humayun's Tomb The rebellion is crushed, seeks refuge in the Humayun's Tomb |
| India comes under direct ruleof the British crown after failed Indian mutiny |
| Regency Frederick William IV | |
| Berlin William I is appointed Regent after Frederick William's bouts of insanity |
| Resignation Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Leaves the Aberdeen coalition & never returns to the Conservative Party |
| London Leaves the Tory Party despite appeals from Derby, opposed to the policies of Disraeli |
| Resignation Temple, Henry John | |
| Feb Palmerston's Government is defeated over the conspiracy to murder bill |
| Rule of India Canning, George | |
| Trans fers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India |
| Rule of India Bahadur Shah II | |
| India comes under direct ruleof the British crown after failed Indian mutiny |
| Leads to a century of direct ruleof the Indian subcontinent by Britain |
| The British Raj rules India |
| The war ends the end of the British East India Company's regime in India |
| Rule of Ionian Islands Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Ionian Islands Tries to help the Greeks gain the Ionian Islands |
| Secretary of Colonies Bulwer-Lytton | |
| Appointed Colonial Secretary |
| Secretary of India Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| Appointed Secretary for India, transfers the Government of India to the crown |
| Siege of Beijing Temple, Henry John | |
| Beijing The Chines Emperor refuses to ratify the treaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied |
| Succession Wilhelm I | |
| Berlin Made Regent when King Friedrich Wilhelm IV becomes insane, 1858-61 |
| Berlin Succeeds as Emperor of Germany |
| Succession Iemochi |  |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan |
| Succeeds as Tokugawa Shogun, 14th Shogun |
| Treaty of Tianjin Temple, Henry John | |
| Tianjin Opens further Chinese ports to western trade |
| Tianjin The Chinese are forced to adhere to the treaty of Tianjin |
| Tianjin The Chines Emperor refuses to ratify the treaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied |
| Unification Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Plombieres Unites Italy under Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia |
| Viceroy Canning, George | |
| London Appointed first Viceroy of India |
