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| 1830 | Birth |  |
| 3rd Feb Hatfield Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
| 1853 | Election | |
| Stamford Elected Member of Parliament for Stamford |
| 1853 | Fellow | |
| Oxford Appointed Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford |
| 1854 | Speech | |
| 7th April London Makes Maiden Speech in Parliament agaist the 2nd Reading of the Oxford University Bill |
| 1857 | Marriage | |
| July Marries Georgina Alderson |
| 1866 | Secretary of India | |
| Appointed Secretary for India, 1st term, under Lord Derby |
| 1867 | Chancellor | |
| Oxford Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford |
| 1868 | Peerage | |
| Created Marquis of Salisbury, 3rd |
| 1874 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1874 | Secretary of India | |
| Appointed Secretary for India, 2nd term, under Disraeli |
| 1878 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1881 | Leader House of Lords | |
| London Appointed Leader of the Lords Opposition |
| 1881 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party |
| 1885 | Government | |
| 23rd Nov Wins the election but dependent on Irish support |
| 1885 | Legislation | |
| 25th June London Redistribution of Seats Bill, creates seats in Yorkshire, Lancashire & outer London |
| 1885 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 23rd June Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| 1885 | Prime Minister | |
| 23rd June Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term, a minority administration |
| 23rd Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1885 | Reform | |
| 25th June London Merges smaller boroughs into County constituencies |
| 25th June London Redistribution of Seats Bill, creates seats in Yorkshire, Lancashire & outer London |
| 1886 | Legislation | |
| Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils |
| 1886 | Prime Minister | |
| 24th July Appointed Prime Minister of Britain, 3rd term, |
| 1886 | Reform | |
| Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils |
| 1886 | Resignation | |
| 27th Jan London Resigns after having lost Irish Party support |
| 1887 | Agreement Mediterranean | |
| 12th Feb Agreement between the powers maintaining the Mediterranean status quo against Turkey |
| 1887 | Conference of Commonwealth | |
| 4th April London A meeting of Imperial Prime Ministers held in London |
| 1888 | Reform | |
| 6th Aug London Establishes County Councils |
| 1890 | Rule of Heligoland | |
| Heligoland Heligoland is ceded to Germany |
| 1891 | Legislation | |
| Free Education Act, abolishes fees for primary education |
| 1891 | Reform | |
| Free Education Act, abolishes fees for primary education |
| 1891 | Rule of Nyasaland | |
| London Nyasaland becomes a British Protectorate |
| 1895 | Election | |
| 10th Aug Conservatives 340, Liberal Unionists 71, Liberals 177 & Irish Party 82 |
| 1896 | Capture of Sudan | |
| 12th Mar French ambition in the Nile lead Salisbury to order Britain to reoccupy the Sudan |
| 1896 | Diplomacy | |
| 26th Nov Russia disclosed a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete |
| 1897 | Legislation | |
| Workmen's Compensation Act, makes the employer liable for accidents at work |
| 1897 | Reform | |
| Workmen's Compensation Act, makes the employer liable for accidents at work |
| 1898 | Crisis | |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda |
| 1898 | Diplomacy | |
| Mar Fashoda The French & British agree that the source of the Nile and the Congo rivers should mark the frontier between their spheres of influence |
| 3rd Nov Fashoda The French government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident |
| 1898 | Fashoda Incident | |
| Mar Fashoda The French & British agree that the source of the Nile and the Congo rivers should mark the frontier between their spheres of influence |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda |
| 3rd Nov Fashoda The French government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident |
| 1898 | Rule of Nigeria | |
| Britain purchases the Royal Niger Company |
| 1900 | Treaty of Tianjin | |
| The number of treaty ports in China is increased to 50 |
| 1902 | Alliance | |
| 20th Jan Great Britain & Japan sign an alliance, ends British "splendid isolation" |
| 1902 | Resignation | |
| London The Boer War splits the Cabinet & leads to Salisbury's resignation |
| 1902 | Retirement | |
| London Retires in favor of his nephew Arthur Balfour |
| 1903 | Death | |
| 22nd Aug Hatfield Death of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
