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| 1707 | Commander |  |
| Appointed Commander of the West Indies Fleet |
| 1708 | Battle of Cartagena | |
| 28th May Cartagena Passes a resolution to defeat & destroy the Spanish treasure fleet at Cartagena |
| 1709 | Knighthood | |
| London Awarded a knighthood |
| 1728 | Blockade of Cadiz | |
| Cadiz Blockades Cadiz |
| 1731 | Admiral | |
| London Appointed Admiral of the White |
| 1733 | First Commissioner | |
| London Appointed first Commissioner of the Admiralty |
| 1738 | Birth | |
| Birth of Charles Cornwallis |
| 1746 | Battle of Falkirk | |
| Falkirk The Jacobite "pretender", descendent of James II, defeats British dragoons |
| 1749 | Halifax | |
| Halifax Cornwallis names Halifax after the Earl of Halifax |
| Halifax Halifax is founded in Nova Scotia to rival the French port of Louis burg |
| 1756 | Siege of Calcutta | |
| 2nd Jan Calcutta Commands the fleet which transports Clive's forces to relieve Calcutta |
| 1756 | Siege of Calcutt India | |
| 2nd Jan Calcutta The British settlement at Fort William seeks assistance from Presidency of Fort St. George at Madras , which sends Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson, they re-capture Calcutta |
| 1759 | Battle of Plains of Abraham | |
| 13th Sep Plains of Abr'm Saunders ' warships maintain a steady bombardment |
| 1759 | Siege of Quebec | |
| Quebec Commands convoy which conveys 9,000 British troops for an expedition on Quebec |
| June Isle d'Orleans Reaches St Lawrence & disembarks the army on the newly captured Island of Orleans |
| 1760 | Election | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| 1764 | Birth | |
| 13th Mar Birth of Charles Grey, from Northumberland gentry |
| 1776 | Siege of New Jersey | |
| New Jersey Drives Wasington out of New Jersey |
| 1780 | Battle of Camdem | |
| 16th Aug Camdem Defeats an American force led by General Gates |
| 1780 | Battle of Camden | |
| 16th Aug Camden Defeats an American force led by General Gates |
| 1780 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the South |
| 1781 | Battle of Guildford | |
| 15th Mar Guildford Despite victory Cornwallis cannot hold Georgia & the Carolinas |
| 1781 | Battle of Jamestown Ford | |
| 6th July Jamestown Ford Defeats General Lafayette at James town Ford, Virginia |
| 1781 | Battle of Yorktown | |
| 19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence |
| 1781 | Peace | |
| Washington Washington allows 2 days for written peace proposals but insists on complete surrender |
| 1781 | Surrender | |
| 19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence |
| 1786 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, India |
| 1786 | Election | |
| Northumberland 1st elected to Parliament, MP for Northumberland for the next 20 yrs |
| 1786 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor General of India, 1st term |
| 1791 | Battle of Seringapatam | |
| Seringapatam Defeats Sultan Tippu |
| 1792 | Peerage | |
| Created Marquis Cornwallis , 1st |
| 1798 | Invasion of Ireland | |
| Forces France to give up the invasion of Ireland by defeating a rebellion |
| 1798 | Viceroy | |
| Appointed Viceroy of Ireland |
| 1801 | Resignation | |
| Resigns when the King fails to grant Catholic emancipation |
| 1802 | Editor | |
| London Appointed first Editor of the Edinburgh Review, a reforming Whig Newspaper |
| 1802 | Speaker House of Commons | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
| 1805 | Death | |
| Ghazipur Death of Charles Cornwallis , on way to assume command of his troops |
| 1805 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor General of India, 2nd term |
| 1806 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 24th Sep Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1817 | Editor | |
| Appointed Editor of The Scotsman |
| 1817 | Scotsman | |
| Founder Editor of The Scotsman |
| 1819 | Birth | |
| 12th June Birth of Charles Kings ley |
| 1824 | Assassination | |
| Jan Essamako Captured by the Ahanti & killed |
| 1824 | Death | |
| Jan Essamako Captured by the Ahanti & killed |
| 1828 | Peerage | |
| Created Earl Grey, succeeds to his father's peerage |
| 1829 | Burial | |
| Westminster Abbey Buried in Westminster Abbey |
| 1829 | Death | |
| Death of Charles Abbot |
| 1830 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1830 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Principles of Geology" |
| 1831 | Election | |
| Dec The general election on the reformed franchise gives Grey a 300 majority |
| 1831 | Parliament | |
| 19th April Goes to the Country after the Lords defeat of the first reform bill |
| 22nd April Parliament is dissolved after the defeat of the 1st Reform Bill in the Commons |
| 1831 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1831 | Reform | |
| 1st Mar Introduces the Reform Bill, it passes its 2nd reading by 1 vote but is then defeated |
| 21st Sep The 2nd Reform Bill passes through the Commons |
| 8th Oct 1st Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords |
| 8th Oct The 2nd Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords by 41 votes |
| 8th Oct William IV asks Grey not to resign but refuses to pass the Bill by creating new peers |
| 1832 | Admiral | |
| The Board of Admiralty is given responsibility for administering the Navy |
| 1832 | Legislation | |
| London Coercion Bill, gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland power to suppress meetings |
| London Gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland unlimited powers to suppress public meetings |
| 4th June London The 3rd Reform Bill is passed |
| 11th June London Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Scottish Parliamentary Reform Bill |
| 1833 | Reform | |
| 1st major Factory Act is passed |
| 23rd Aug Abolished in the British colonies, œ20m compensation is provided for slave owners |
| 1833 | Rule of Falklands, The | |
| British forces return and inform the Argentine commander that they intended to assert British sovereignty, existing settlers are allowed to remain, with an Irish member of Vernet's settlement, William Dickson, appointed as the Islands' governor |
| 1833 | Slavery | |
| 23rd Aug Abolished in the British colonies, œ20m compensation is provided for slave owners |
| 1838 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Nicholas Nickelby", 1st published in serial form |
| Publication of, "Oliver Twist" |
| 1843 | Publication | |
| 19th Dec Publication of, "A Chris tmas Carol" |
| 1845 | Death | |
| 17th July Howick Death of Charles Grey |
| 1849 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "David Copperfield" |
| 1850 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy |
| 1853 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Bleak House" |
| 1854 | Capture of Alands | |
| 16th Aug Alands Bombards the Alands & helps the French force the surrender of the garrison |
| 1854 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Hard Times" |
| 1854 | Siege of Sveaborg | |
| 11th Aug Sveaborg A joint Anglo-French Fleet bombards Sveaborg in Helsinki harbour but without success |
| 1857 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Little Dorrit" |
| 1858 | Halle Orchestra | |
| 30th Jan Manchester Founds the Halle Orchestra |
| 1859 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Tale of Two Cities" |
| 1860 | Editor | |
| London Appointed Editor of The National Reformer |
| 1861 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Great Expectations" |
| Publication of, "Hard Times" |
| 1861 | Reform | |
| Cowper promises to limit immigration in Australia by an act of Parliament |
| Lambing Flat Goldminers drive the Chinese out of Lambing Flat because they undercut white labour |
| 1877 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Fruits of Philosophy" |
| 1880 | Reform | |
| Northampton Not allowed to take his seat until 1886 because asserts his right to affirm |
| 1885 | Patent | |
| Patents a waterproof fabric of rubber bonded cloth |
| 1885 | Siege of Khartoum | |
| Khartoum Arrives at Khartoum to find it in the hands of the Mahdi after a 317 day siege |
| 20th Jan Khartoum Arrives at Korti at the head of a relief expedition to relieve Khartoum |
| 20th Jan Korti Arrives at Korti at the head of a relief expedition to relieve Khartoum |
| 1888 | Reform | |
| Northampton Champions bill which allows MPs to affirm instead of swearing on the Bible |
| 1891 | Death | |
| Death of Charles Booth |
| 1891 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Life & Labour of the People" |
| 1900 | Capture of Sion Kop | |
| 24th Jan Spion Kop Captures Spion Kop |
| 1914 | Battle of Mons | |
| 23rd Aug Mons Awarded the Victoria Cross |
| 1939 | Battle of River Plate | |
| Dec Montevideo Ajax & Achilles shadow the Graf Spee into the neutral port of Montevideo |
| 1940 | Admiral | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief during the Norwegian campaign |
| 1942 | Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| London Appointed Member of the Joint-Chiefs-of-Sraff |
| 1942 | JSM Little | |
| Washington Appointed Member of the Joint-Staff-Mission |
| 1942 | Siege of St Nazaire | |
| St Nazaire Helps plan the raid of St Nazaire |
| 1948 | Baptism | |
| 15th Dec Buckingham Palace Prince Charles baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher |
| 15th Dec Buckingham Palace The Prince's godparents are King George VI, Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, David Bowes -Lyon, Lady Brabourne, King Haakon VII of Norway (for whom the Earl of Athlone stood proxy), and Prince George of Greece |
| 1948 | Birth | |
| 14th Nov Buckingham Palace Birth of Charles , Elizabeth I's 1st son & heir |
| 1952 | Peerage | |
| Becomes, in the Scottish Peerage, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. |
| Cornwall Charles ' mother assumes the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II, Charles immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III, which gave that title to the Sovereign's eldest son, and is then referred to as His Royal Highnes |
| Cornwall The Duke of Cornwall is now the heir apparent to the throne |
| 1952 | Succession | |
| Charles ' mother assumes the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II, Charles immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III, which gave that title to the Sovereign's eldest son, and is then referred to as His Royal Highnes |
| 1956 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy |
| 1957 | Games Commonwealth | |
| Cardiff Elizabeth II announces at the Commonwealth Games Charles will become Prince of Wales |
| 1957 | Succession | |
| Cardiff Elizabeth II announces at the Commonwealth Games Charles will become Prince of Wales |
| 1958 | Peerage | |
| 26th July Prince Charles is created The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, though his actual investiture does not take place until 1 July 1969 |
| 1966 | Chairman BBC | |
| Appointed Chairman of the BBC |
| 1967 | Education | |
| Cambridge Traditionally, the heir to the throne would go straight into the military after finishing school, however, in a break with tradition, Charles attends university at Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 1969 | Investiture | |
| 25th July Abergele The nationalist campaign against the investiture culminates with an attempted bombing of the Royal Train by two members of the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru as it passes through Abergele on the eve of the |
