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| 1st Channel Swim Web, Mathew |  |
English Channel 1st to swim the English  Channel |
| Assassination Garcia Moreno, Gabriel |  |
| Garcia Moreno is assassinated |
| Birth Albert I |  |
| Birth of Albert I, son of Philip Count of Flanders |
| Birth Mann, Thomas |  |
| Birth of Thomas Mann |
| Composition Grieg, Edvard |  |
| Composition of, "Peer Gynt Suite" |
| Constitution Cissey, Ernest-Louis-octave de |  |
| 30th Jan The republicanConstitution is passed by 1 vote |
| Constitution Alfonso XII |  |
| Madrid Succeeds after a period of republicanGovernment following mother's abdication in 1868 |
| Death Garcia Moreno, Gabriel | |
| Garcia Moreno is assassinated |
| Death Mussorgsky, Modest |  |
| Death of Modest Mussorgsky |
| Diplomacy Decazes, Louis | |
| 8th April Louis Decazes seeks support from Russia & Britain against Bismarck, war is averted |
| Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 24th Feb Berlin Seeks to preserve relations with Russia after problems with France |
| 8th April Berlin Creates tension with France whe he asks "is war in sight?" in the Berlin Post |
| 8th April Berlin Louis Decazes seeks support from Russia & Britain against Bismarck, war is averted |
| 8th April Berlin Starts a war scare with France |
| Discovery of Gelatin Nobel, Alfred |  |
| Discovers Gelatin |
| Economy Abdulhamid I |  |
| Turkey repudiates loans raised from westrern Europe |
| Election Gibson, Edward | |
| Dublin Elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University |
| Election Gorst, John Eldon | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| Government Tisza, Kalman |  |
| Mar Forms a new ministry in Hungary |
| Grand Vizier Mahmud, Nedim Pasa | |
| Appointed Grand Vizier, 2nd term |
| Independence Kuang Hsu |  |
| Korea becomes independent of China |
| Independence Abdulhamid I | |
| Egypt gains virtual independence |
Romania  gains virtual independence |
| Serbia gains virtual independence |
| Kulturkampf Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Marriage becomes a mandatorycivil ceremony, removed from the control of the Church |
| Legislation Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Marriage becomes a mandatorycivil ceremony, removed from the control of the Church |
| Livingstonion Livingstone, David | |
| Livingstonion The Free Church founds Livingstonion on the shores of Lake Nyasa |
| London Sewers Bazalgette, Joseph | |
| London Completes the construction of the London Sewerage System |
| Lord of the Admiralty Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| Appointed Lord of the Admiralty |
| Magyarization Tisza, Kalman | |
| Budapest Persues a policy of Magyarization |
| Member of Parliament Parnell, Charles Stewart |  |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| Party Leader Erzberger, Mathias | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Centre Party |
| Prime Minister Tisza, Kalman | |
| Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Hungary, 1st term |
| Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo, Antonio | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Spain , 1st term |
| Purchase Suez Canal Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 27th Nov Suez Canal Purchases 40% Suez canal co shares from the Khedive with a œ4m Rothschild bank loan |
| Rebellion Alfonso XII | |
| 9th Jan Barcelona Alfonso XII lands at Barcelona but therebellion continues |
| Rebellion Abdulhamid I | |
| Rebellion breaks out in Bosnia |
| Rebellion breaks out in Bulgaria |
| Rebellion breaks out in Herzogovinia |
| Rebellion breaks out in Bosnia |
| Rebellion breaks out in Bulgaria |
| Rebellion Mahmud, Nedim Pasa | |
| Bosnia -Herzegovinia rebels against Turkish rule |
| Reform Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 14th April London The Commons votes to exclude strangers by 1 vote |
| Regency T'zu Hsi | |
| Appointed Regent |
| Resignation Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Jan Gladstone resigns as Party Leader in the Commons |
| Rule of Kurile Islands Enomoto, Takeaki |  |
| June Kurile Islands Agrees with Russia to exchange Japan 's claim to Sakhalin for northern Kurile |
| Rule of Kurile Islands Alexander II | |
| Kurile Islands Under the St Petersburgtreaty Russian sovereignty over Kurile is recognized by Japan |
| Rule of Sakhalin Enomoto, Takeaki | |
| June Sakhalin Agrees with Russia to exchange Japan 's claim to Sakhalin for northern Kurile |
| Rule of Sakhalin Alexander II | |
| Sakhalin Under the St Petersburgtreaty Russian rule over Sakhalin is recognized by Japan |
| Solicitor General Giffard, Hardinge Stanley | |
| Appointed Solicitor General |
| Statue Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Manchester A statue in honour of Cromwell is unveiled |
| Succession Kuang Hsu | |
| 12th Jan Succeeds as Emperor of China |
| Succession Alfonso XII | |
| Madrid Succeeds as King of Spain |
| Treaty of St Petersburg Alexander II | |
| St Petersburg Under the St Petersburgtreaty Russian rule over Kurile is recognized by Japan |
| St Petersburg Under the St Petersburgtreaty Russian rule over Sakhalin is recognized by Japan |
| Treaty of St Petersburg Ignatyev | |
| St Petersburg Japan recognizes the sovereignty of Russia over the Kurile Islands & Sakhalin |
| Vice Admiral Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| London Appointed Vice Admiral |
