History and chronology of Charles George Hamilton Gordon in Great Britain

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Government Central Africa
Government Sudan
Military
Rebellion
Sudan War

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Battle Chan Chu Fu
Birth
Captain
Capture Khartoum
Capture Peking
Commander
Death
Governor
Independence
Lieutenant Colonel
Medal
Rebellion
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Siege Khartoum

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Central Africa
Chan Chu Fu
Gravesend
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Peking
Tientsin
Woolwich

Charles George Hamilton Gordon History of Great Britain


1833	Birth
28th Jan Woolwich Birth of Charles George Hamilton Gordon, son of a Lieutenant-General
1859	Captain
Appointed Captain
1860	Capture of Peking
Peking Present at the capture of Peking
1862	Commander
Tientsin Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers
1862	Medal
London Awarded the British War Medal
1862	Rebellion
Storms towns occupied by the T'ai P'ing rebels
1863	Lieutenant Colonel
24th Mar Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel with a force of 4,000 Chinese
1865	Battle of Chan Chu Fu
Chan Chu Fu Ends the T'ai P'ing rebellion
1865	Commander
Gravesend Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers at Graves end
1872	Governor
Appointed Governor General of the Sudan
Appointed Governor of Central Africa
Central Africa Appointed Governor of Central Africa
1876	Resignation
Resigns as Governor of Central Africa
1877	Governor
Appointed Governor-General of Sudan
1878	Rebellion
London Many of the rebel leaders under Sulieman are rounded up & shot
1879	Rebellion
The slave trade under Sulieman is wiped out
1880	Resignation
London Resigns as Governor-General of Sudan due to ill health & returns to England
1884	Governor
Appointed Governor General of Sudan
Appointed Governor General of the Sudan, 2nd term
1884	Independence
18th Feb Khartoum Arrives at Khartoum & declares the independence of Sudan
1884	Siege of Khartoum
Khartoum Disobeys Gladstone's orders to evacuate Khartoum
Khartoum Fails to evacuate Khartoum before a siege led by the Mahdi
Khartoum Holds out for 1 yr against the Mahdi's army
18th Feb Khartoum Reaches Khartoum & then begins to evacuate the Anglo-Egyptian residents
Mar Khartoum The Mahdi have Khartoum surrounded
Mar Khartoum th reinforcements requested by Gordon are refused by the British government
Sep Khartoum A relief force under Wolseley is despatched but too late
Sep Khartoum Public opinion leads to œ300,000 raised by the British Government
1885	Capture of Khartoum
26th Jan Khartoum The Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad captures Khartoum
1885	Death
26th Jan Khartoum Death of Charles George Hamilton Gordon, during the siege of Khartoum
1885	Siege of Khartoum
20th Jan Khartoum A relief expedition arrives at Korti under Sir Charles Wilson