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| Alliance Hamilton-Gordon, George |  |
Mar Concludes anAlliance between Britain & France  |
| 10th April Britain & France agree an alliance |
| Battle of Alma Brown, George | |
20th Sep Alma Commands the Light Division during victory over Russia  during the march on Sevastopol |
| Battle of Alma Campbell, Colin | |
| 20th Sep Alma Commands the Highland Brigade to victory over Russia during the march on Sevastopol |
| Battle of Alma England, Richard | |
| 20th Sep Alma Commands the 3rd Div during Allied victory on the march to Sevastopol |
| 20th Sep Alma Commands the 3rd Div during Allied victory over Russia on the march on Sevastopol |
| Battle of Alma Lacy Evans, George de | |
| 20th Sep Alma Commands the 2nd Divi during victory over Russia on the march to Sevastopol |
| Battle of Balaclava Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| 25th Oct Balaclava Attacks after expressing his doubts & receiving direct orders in front of the troops from Lord Lucan |
| 25th Oct Balaclava Russia keeps control of the Balaclava-Sevastopol Rd, the Allies hold Balaclava |
| 25th Oct Balaclava Sends the Light Cavalry Brigade into the "Valley of Death" |
| 25th Oct Balaclava Tennyson's poem "The Valley of Death", about the charge of the Light Brigade |
| 28th Oct Balaclava Victory for France & Great Britain over Russia |
| Battle of Balaclava Clyde | |
| 25th Oct Balaclava Commands the Highland Brigade |
| Birth Milner, Alfred | |
| 23rd Mar Giesen Birth of Alfred Milner |
| Blockade of Black Sea Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 3rd Jan France & Britain send a joint fleet to the Black Sea & ally themselves with Turkey |
| Blockade of Greece Temple, Henry John | |
| Causes outrage by blockading Greece in order to secure compensation for Don Pacifico |
| Capture Napier, Charles | |
| 16th Aug Alands Bombards the Alands & helps the French force the surrender of the garrison |
| Capture Somerset, Fitzroy | |
26th May Piraeus Anglo  -French forces occupy Piraeus to prevent the Greek fleet from aiding Russia |
| Commander Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 26th May Piraeus Promoted to full General and appointed to the command of the British troops sent to the Crimea in co-operation with a strong French army under Marshal St Arnaud and afterwards, up to May 1855, under Marshal Canrobert |
| Convention Bloemfontein Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 23rd Feb London The British Government recognizes the Independence of the Orange free state |
| Crystal Palace Paxton, Joseph | |
| Sydenham The Crystal Palace is relocated to Sydenham, sth London |
| Declaration of War Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 28th Mar After Russia ignores an Anglo -French ultimatum to withdraw from the Danubian Principalities, Great Britain and France formally declare war |
| Diplomacy Temple, Henry John | |
| Causes outrage by blockading Greece in order to secure compensation for Don Pacifico |
| Director East India Company Pollock Pollock, George | |
London Appointed Director of the East India  Company |
| Discovery of Cholera Cure Snow, John | |
| Soho Removes a pump from Soho & reduces cholera, reinforces theory cholera is in water |
| Governor Bruce, James | |
| London Appointed Governor General of Canada |
| Governor Grey, George | |
| Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Sth Africa |
| Mobilization Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Mar Varna A joint Anglo -French force is moved to Varna to repel the Russian Invasion of Bulgaria |
| Mobilization Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 7th Sep Varna The Allied force departs to the Crimean Peninsular in a convoy of 150 warships |
| 18th Sep Old Fort The Allied force lands at Old Fort on an open beach 30 miles North of Sebastopol |
| Occupation Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 26th May Piraeus Anglo -French forces occupy Piraeus to prevent the Greek Fleet from assisting Russia |
| Peace Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
5th Dec London Britain , France , Austria  & Prussia agree peace between the Russian & Ottoman Empires |
| President Russell | |
| Appointed President of the Council |
| Publication Dickens, Charles | |
| Publication of, "Hard Times" |
| Siege of Sevastopol England, Richard | |
| 20th Sep Alma Commands the 3rd Div during Allied victory on the march to Sevastopol |
| Siege of Sevastopol Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 17th Oct Sevastopol Allied forces begin the siege of Sevastopol |
| Siege of Sevastopol Lyons, Edmund | |
| Sevastopol Conducts the Blockade of Sevastopol |
| Siege of Sveaborg Napier, Charles | |
| 11th Aug Sveaborg A joint Anglo -French Fleet bombards Sveaborg in Helsinki harbour but without success |
| Speech Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 7th April London Makes Maiden Speech in Parliament agaist the 2nd Reading of the Oxford University Bill |
