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| Abdication Bahadur Shah II |  |
| 29th Mar The last Mughal ruler is deposed
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| Arrest Bahadur Shah II | |
| Humayun's Tomb captured & his sons Mirza Mughal & Khizar Sultan & his grandson Abu Bakr executed
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| Battle of Cawnpore Campbell, Colin |  |
| Cawnpore Helps crush the Indian mutiny & recaptures Cawnpore
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| Battle of Lucknow Campbell, Colin | |
| Lucknow Uses 20,000 men, the largest army ever seen in India, to recapture Lucknow
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| Birth Planck, Max Karl Ernst |  |
| Birth of Max Karl Ernst Planck, developed quantum theory
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| Birth Beatrice | |
| Birth of Beatrice, 9th child of Victoria & Albert
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| Birth Victoria | |
| Birth of Beatrice, 9th child of Victoria & Albert
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| Birth Webb, Beatrice Potter | |
| 22nd Jan Birth of Beatrice Potter Webb
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| Birth Roosevelt, Theodore |  |
| 27th Oct Birth of Theodore Roosevelt
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| British Raj Bahadur Shah II | |
| The British Raj rules India
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| Capital Victoria | |
| 7th Aug Ottowa Chooses Ottowa as the capital of Canada
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| Capture Bruce, James | |
| London During February the British capture Canton & capture Emperor Yeh
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| Chancellor Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
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| Coup d'Etat Zuloaga, Felix |  |
| Mexico City Seizes Mexico City & proclaims himself President
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| Death Abercromby, James | |
| 17th April Midlothian Death of James Abercromby
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| Diplomacy Victoria | |
| Calls for leniency in dealing with the Indian rebels
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| Diplomacy Cavour, Camillo Benso di |  |
| Agrees France having Nice & Savoy for its support in Italian unification
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| Plombieres Meets Napoleon in secret
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| Plombieres Obtains support to expel Austria from Lombardy & Venetia
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| Rome Agrees France having Nice & Savoy for its support in Italian unification
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| Emperor of India Bahadur Shah II | |
| The title of "Emperor of India" is taken over by the British monarch, Victoria
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| Empress Canning, George | |
| Transfers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India
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| Exile Bahadur Shah II | |
| Yangon Exiled to Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)
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| Government Stanley, Edward | |
| 20th Feb Forms a minority Tory Government of free traders & Peelites
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| 20th Feb Gladstone refuse to join the Government
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| Governor Douglas, James |  |
| Extends British rule by creating the colony & becoming its first Governor
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| Governor Canning, George | |
| Appointed Governor General of India
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| Grand Vizier Pasha, Mehmed Emin Ali |  |
| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 2nd term
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| Appointed Grand Vizier, 1st term
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| Halle Orchestra Halle, Charles | |
| 30th Jan Manchester Founds the Halle Orchestra
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| Invention Galvonometer Thomson, William | |
| Patents the mirror galvonometer
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| Lieutenant Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General
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| Lord Chancellor Thesiger | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term
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| Marriage Frederick III | |
| Berlin Marries Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria
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| Minister Galt, Alexander Tilloch | |
| Appointed Finance Minister
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| Minister Bonin, Eduard von | |
| Appointed Minister of War
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| Minister Charles Anthony | |
| Appointed Minister President
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| Mughal Dynasty Bahadur Shah II | |
| A formal end is declared to the Mughal Dynasty
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| Yangon A formal end is declared to the Mughal Dynasty
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| Patent Thomson, William | |
| Patents the mirror galvonometer
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| President Zuloaga, Felix | |
| Appointed President of Mexico, 1st term
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| Prime Minister Brown, George | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
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| Prime Minister Stanley, Edward | |
| 20th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| 20th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
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| Rebellion Canning, George | |
| Suppresses a mutiny & earns the nickname "Clemency Canning"
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| Rebellion Bahadur Shah II | |
| Humayun's Tomb captured & his sons Mirza Mughal & Khizar Sultan & his grandson Abu Bakr executed
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| Humayun's Tomb The rebellion is crushed, seeks refuge in the Humayun's Tomb
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| India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny
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| Regency Frederick William IV | |
| Berlin William I is appointed Regent after Frederick William's bouts of insanity
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| Resignation Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Leaves the Aberdeen coalition & never returns to the Conservative Party
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| London Leaves the Tory Party despite appeals from Derby, opposed to the policies of Disraeli
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| Resignation Temple, Henry John | |
| Feb Palmerston's Government is defeated over the conspiracy to murder bill
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| Rule of India Canning, George | |
| Transfers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India
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| Rule of India Bahadur Shah II | |
| India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny
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| Leads to a century of direct rule of the Indian subcontinent by Britain
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| The British Raj rules India
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| The war ends the end of the British East India Company's regime in India
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| Rule of Ionian Islands Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Ionian Islands Tries to help the Greeks gain the Ionian Islands
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| Secretary Bulwer-Lytton | |
| Appointed Colonial Secretary
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| Secretary Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| Appointed Secretary for India, transfers the Government of India to the crown
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| Siege of Beijing Temple, Henry John | |
| Beijing The Chines Emperor refuses to ratify the treaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied
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| Succession Wilhelm I | |
| Berlin Made Regent when King Friedrich Wilhelm IV becomes insane, 1858-61
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| Berlin Succeeds as Emperor of Germany
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| Succession Iemochi |  |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan
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| Succeeds as Tokugawa Shogun, 14th Shogun
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| Treaty of Tianjin Temple, Henry John | |
| Tianjin Opens further Chinese ports to western trade
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| Tianjin The Chinese are forced to adhere to the treaty of Tianjin
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| Tianjin The Chines Emperor refuses to ratify the treaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied
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| Unification Cavour, Camillo Benso di | |
| Plombieres Unites Italy under Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia
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| Viceroy Canning, George | |
| London Appointed first Viceroy of India
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