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| 1804 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1826 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Vivian Grey" |
| 1835 | Constitution | |
| London Publication of, "Vindication of the Constitution" |
| 1835 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Vindication of the Constitution" |
| 1837 | Election | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| 1844 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Coningsby" |
| 1845 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Sybil", leader of the "young England group" of young Tories |
| 1847 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Tancred" |
| 1852 | Chancellor | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term |
| 1858 | Chancellor | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term |
| 1859 | Reform | |
| London Reform Bill, Introduces & loses the bill for extending the franchise |
| 1865 | Chancellor | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 3rd term |
| 1867 | Reform | |
| London Enfranchises all ratepayers |
| 25th Feb London Cabinet opts for the Ten Minutes Bill which Disraeli announces in the Commons |
| 1868 | Election | |
| The Liberals triumph by 387 seats the Conservative's 271 seats |
| 1868 | Parliament | |
| May London Liberals unite under Gladstone to disestablish the Anglican Irish Church |
| May London Victoria agrees to dissolve Parliament |
| 1868 | Reform | |
| Mar London Disraeli passes the 2nd reform act through Parliament |
| 1868 | Resignation | |
| London The precedent is set of defeated Prime Ministers resigning before Parliament sits |
| 2nd Mar London Disraeli resigns as Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1868 | Retirement | |
| 27th Feb Derby retires from the Prime Ministership due to ill health & hands over to Disraeli |
| 1873 | Election | |
| Disraeli calls the Liberal government "exhausted volcanoes" |
| 1874 | Capture of Fiji | |
| 25th Oct Britain captures the Fiji Islands |
| 1874 | Election | |
| 17th Feb The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberal's 302 seats |
| 17th Feb The Conservatives win a majority of 83, its 1st majority since 1841 |
| 1874 | Government | |
| 18th Feb Disraeli forms a new ministry |
| 1874 | Prime Minister | |
| 20th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1874 | Rule of Fiji | |
| Britain captures the Fiji Islands |
| 1874 | Strike | |
| 10th Aug End of the agricultural strike in eastern England |
| 15th Aug Agricultural strike in eastern England |
| 1875 | Purchase Suez Canal | |
| 27th Nov Suez Canal Purchases 40% Suez canal co shares from the Khedive with a œ4m Rothschild bank loan |
| 1875 | Reform | |
| 14th April London The Commons votes to exclude strangers by 1 vote |
| 1876 | Constitution | |
| Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act |
| 1876 | Legislation | |
| Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act |
| Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India |
| 1876 | Peerage | |
| Created Earl Beaconsfield |
| Victoria makes Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield for making her Empress of India |
| 1876 | Reform | |
| Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India |
| 1877 | Siege of Constantinople | |
| Constantinople Britain warns Russia not to capture Constantinople |
| 1878 | Congress of Berlin | |
| July Berlin Disraeli signs a treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used |
| July Berlin Returns home claiming, "peace with honour" |
| July Berlin The Congress of Berlin awards Cyprus to Britain |
| 1878 | Constitution | |
| Berlin Disraeli signs a treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used |
| 1878 | Rule of Cyprus | |
| Cyprus Demands Cyprus as the price for mediating a peace between Turkey & Russia |
| Cyprus On returning to London announce "I bring peace with honor & Cyprus" |
| July Berlin Disraeli signs a treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used |
| 1878 | Treaty of Berlin | |
| Berlin Signs as "First Lord of the Treasury & Prime Minister of Her Britannic Majesty" |
| 1879 | Abdication | |
| Forced to abdicate by the British |
| 1879 | Battle of Isandhlwana | |
| Isandhlwana The British are massacred at Isandhlwana |
| 1879 | Battle of Rourke's Drift | |
| Rourke's Drift British victory over the Zulus |
| 1879 | Battle of Ulundi | |
| Ulundi British victory over the Zulus, final victory |
| 1879 | Capture of Kabul | |
| Kabul The British capture Kabul |
| 1879 | Capture of Khyber Pass | |
| Khyber Pass Under the treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass |
| 1879 | Declaration of War | |
| Britain goes to war with the Zulus |
| 1879 | Invasion of Afghanistan | |
| Britain invades Afghanistan after the massacre of the legation in Kabul |
| 1879 | Irish Land League | |
| The Irish Land League is founded |
| 1879 | Treaty of Gandamak | |
| Gandamak Under the treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass |
| 1881 | Burial | |
| Hughenden Buried at Hughenden |
