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| Battle of Cawnpore Campbell, Colin |  |
Cawnpore Helps crush the India  n mutiny & recaptures Cawnpore |
| Battle of Lucknow Campbell, Colin | |
| Lucknow Uses 20,000 men, the largest army ever seen in India , to recapture Lucknow |
| 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 |
| Capital Victoria | |
| 7th Aug Ottowa Chooses Ottowa as the capital of Canada |
| Capture Bruce, James | |
| London During February the British capture Canton &capture Emperor Yeh |
| Chancellor Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term |
| Death Abercromby, James | |
| 17th April Midlothian Death of James Abercromby |
| Diplomacy Victoria | |
| Calls for leniency in dealing with the India n rebels |
| Empress Canning, George | |
| Transfers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India |
| Government Stanley, Edward | |
| 20th Feb Forms a minority ToryGovernment of free traders & Peelites |
| 20th Feb Gladstone refuse to join the Government |
| Governor Canning, George | |
| Appointed Governor General of India |
| Halle Orchestra Halle, Charles | |
| 30th Jan Manchester Founds the Halle Orchestra |
| Invention Galvonometer Thomson, William | |
| Patents the mirror galvonometer |
| Lord Chancellor Thesiger | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term |
| Patent Thomson, William | |
| Patents the mirror galvonometer |
| 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" |
| 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'sGovernment is defeated over the conspiracy to murder bill |
| Rule of India Canning, George | |
| Transfers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India |
| Rule of Ionian Islands Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Ionian Islands Tries to help the Greek s 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 thetreaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied |
| Treaty of Tianjin Temple, Henry John | |
Tianjin Opens further Chinese  ports to western trade |
| Tianjin The Chinese are forced to adhere to thetreaty of Tianjin |
| Tianjin The Chines Emperor refuses to ratify thetreaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied |
| Viceroy Canning, George | |
| London Appointed first Viceroy of India |
