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| 1st Paris Flight Giffard, Henri |  |
| Paris 1st to fly a steam-powered airship over Paris |
| Adjutant General Dmitrievich, Mikhail |  |
| Appointed Chief of the Staff of the Russian Army and Adjutant General to the Tsar |
| Attorney Thesiger |  |
| London Appointed Attorney General, 2nd term |
| Battle of Caseros Rosas, Juan Manuel de |  |
| 3rd Feb Caseros The Argentine dictator is defeated & gives up attempts to capture Uruguay |
| Birth Joffre, Joseph | |
| 11th Jan Birth of Joseph Joffre |
| Birth Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Birth of Herbert Henry Asquith |
| Birth French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| 28th Sep Ripple Birth of John Denton Pikstone French |
| Burial Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 18th Nov St Pauls Buried at St Pauls Cathedral |
| Burial Dmitrievich, Mikhail | |
| London Visits London as a representative of the Russian army at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington |
| Capture of Burma Ramsay | |
| Captures lower Burma |
| Chancellor Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term |
| Chancellor Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Chief of Staff Dmitrievich, Mikhail | |
| Appointed Chief of the Staff of the Russian Army and Adjutant General to the Tsar |
| Colonel Frederick Charles |  |
| Appointed Colonel |
| Constitution Alberdi, Juan Batista | |
| Buenos Aires Publication of, "Bases & Starting Points", basis of Argentina's Constitution in 1853 |
| Constitution Cavour, Camillo Benso di |  |
| Adopts free trade, judicial reform & religious freedom |
| Makes Sardinia-Piedmont a model state for Italian unification |
| Rome Adopts free trade, judicial reform & religious freedom |
| Rome A "free Church in a free state" |
| Rome Makes Sardinia-Piedmont a model state for Italian unification |
| Convention Sand River Kruger, Paulus |  |
| 17th Jan Pretoria Africa Gains recognition from Britain of the independence of the Boer State of Trans vaal |
| Coup d'Etat Mindon Min |  |
| Amarapura Succeeds his half brother Pagan Min |
| Coup d'Etat Pagan Min | |
| Amarapura A revolution at Amarapura, the Burmese capital, overthrows Pagan Min |
| Amarapura Pagan Min is replaced by his half brother, Mindon Min |
| Death Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 14th Sep Walmer Castle Death of Arthr Welles ley |
| Death Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich | |
| Death of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol |
| Diet of the German Confederation Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Frankfurt Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austria's growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation |
| Frankfurt Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt |
| Exile of Rosas Rosas, Juan Manuel de | |
| Buenos Aires Forced into exile after defeat at the Battle of Caseros |
| First Sea Lord Graham, James Robert George | |
| London Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 2nd term |
| Government Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 4th Nov Forms a coaltion Government of Peelites, Whigs & Radicals |
| 19th Dec Leads a Lib-Con coalition with Russell & Gladstone |
| Government Stanley, Edward | |
| 23rd Feb Forms a minority Tory Protectionist Government for 9 months |
| Grand Vizier Pasha, Mehmed Emin Ali |  |
| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 1st term |
| Health Russell | |
| London Founds the National Board of Public Health |
| Independence Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| Transvaal Africa Wins the Independence of Trans vaal from the British |
| Invention Airballoon England Giffard, Godfrey | |
| 24th Sep Trappes Giffard makes the first powered and controlled flight traveling 27 km from Paris to Trappes |
| Minister of Economics Koumoundouros, Alexandros |  |
| Appointed Minister of Economics |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von |  |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Russell | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Interior Fialin, Jean-Gilbert-Victor | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Peerage Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 20th Oct Created Baron Raglan |
| Press Gallery Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 4th Nov London The House of Commons Press Gallery opens for the 1st time |
| Prime Minister Bluhme, Christian Albrecht |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Denmark, 1st term |
| Prime Minister Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Prime Minister Stanley, Edward | |
| 23rd Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| Prime Minister Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont |
| Privy Council Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 16th Oct Appointed Privy Counsellor |
| Publication Alberdi, Juan Batista | |
| Publication of, "Bases & Starting Points", basis of Argentina's Constitution in 1853 |
| Publication Tennyson | |
| Publication of, "Death of the Duke of Wellington" |
| Purchase Balmoral Castle Victoria | |
| Balmoral Castle Albert & Victoria purchase Balmoral Castle & its land for ś31,500 |
| Balmoral Albert & Victoria purchase Balmoral Castle & its land for ś31,500 |
| Resignation Russell | |
| London Forced to resign by Lord Palmerston's proposed amendment to the Militia Bill |
| Resignation Stanley, Edward | |
| London Minority Government is defeated following the Chancellor's budget |
| Resignation Temple, Henry John | |
| 17th Dec Forced to resign after supporting the Coup of Louis Napoleon in France |
| Revolution Rosas, Juan Manuel de | |
| Rosas is overthrown by a revolution led by General Justo Jos‚ de Urquiza |
| Revolution Urquiza, Justo Jos‚ de | |
| Rosas is overthrown by a revolution led by General Justo Jos‚ de Urquiza |
| Rule of Pegu Mindon Min | |
| Pegu Agrees to the cession of Pegu |
| Succession Napoleon III | |
| Paris Restores the Empire, assumes the title of Emperor Napoleon III |
| Paris Succeeds as Emperor of France |
| 2nd Dec Paris Succeeds as Emperor of France, proclaims himself Emperor |
| Unification Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Frankfurt Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austria's growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation |
