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| Birth Alice |  |
| 25th April Birth of Alice, 2nd child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert |
| Birth Victoria | |
| 25th April Birth of Alice, 2nd child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert |
| Birth Grieg, Edvard |  |
| Bergen Birth of Edvard Grieg |
| Birth McKinley, William |  |
| 29th Jan Birth of William McKinley |
| Composition Wagner, Richard |  |
| Composition of, "The Flying Dutchman" |
| Composition Verdi, Giuseppe |  |
| Composes, "I Lombardi" |
| Constitution Otho |  |
| Athens Forced by an insurrection to grant Greece a constitution |
| Diplomacy Victoria | |
| Paris Visits Louis -Philippe of France, the 1st royal visit to France since 1520 |
| Director Music Liszt Liszt, Franz |  |
| Weimar Appointed Director of Music |
| Economist, The Wilson, James | |
| London Founds The Economist |
| Editor Wilson, James | |
| London Appointed Editor of The Economist |
| Exile of Espartero Espartero |  |
| Madrid Driven out of Spain by rebels under Navarez |
| Governor Pottinger, Henry | |
| Hong Kong Appointed Governor of Hong Kong |
| Nelson's Colomn Great Britai Nelson, Horatio | |
| London Construction of Nelson's colomn |
| Nelson's Colomn Nelson, Horatio | |
| London Construction of Nelson's colomn |
| Performance Verdi Verdi, Giuseppe | |
| 18th Jan 1st performance of, "Il Trovatore" |
| 18th Jan Rome 1st performance of, "Il Trovatore" |
| Prime Minister Gonzalez Bravo, Luis | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Spain, 1st term |
| Publication Leroux, Pierre |  |
| Publication of, "De La Ploutocratie" |
| Publication Browning, Robert | |
| Publication of, "Return of the Druses" |
| Publication Dickens, Charles | |
| 19th Dec Publication of, "A Chris tmas Carol" |
| Publication Mill, John Stewart | |
| Publication of, "System of Logic" |
| Publication Wordsworth, William | |
| 6th April Appointed Poet Laureate |
| Publication Gogol, Nicholas |  |
| July Publication of, "Dead Souls", a satire based upon Russian officialdom |
| Publication Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich | |
| Publication of, "Parasha" |
| Red Shirts Garibaldi, Guisseppe | |
| Raises a force of Italian expatriates in the service of Uruguay against Argentina |
| SS Brunel, Isambard Kingdom | |
| 19th July London The first all metal liner is launched, SS Great Britain |
