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| Abdication of Muhammad Ya'qub Disraeli, Benjamin |  |
| Forced to abdicate by the British
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| Admiral Hornby Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| London Appointed Admiral
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| Battle of Isandhlwana Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Isandhlwana The British are massacred at Isandhlwana
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| Battle of Rourke's Drift Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Rourke's Drift British victory over the Zulus
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| Battle of Ulundi Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Ulundi British victory over the Zulus, final victory
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| Birth of Aitken, William Maxwell Aitken, William Maxwell | |
| Ontario Birth of William Maxwell Aitken
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| Birth of Forster, Edward Morgan Forster, Edward Morgan | |
| 1st Jan Birth of Edward Morgan Forster
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| Capture of Kabul Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Kabul The British capture Kabul
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| Capture of Khyber Pass Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Khyber Pass Under the treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass
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| Composition of Sullivan Sullivan, Arthur | |
| Paignton 1st performance of, "The Pirates of Penzance"
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| Declaration of War Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Britain goes to war with the Zulus
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| Election of Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Midlothian Gladstone campaigns against Disraeli's pro-Turkish policies
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| Governor Transvaal Wolsey, Garnet | |
| Transvaal Appointed Governor of the Transvaal
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| Invasion of Afghanistan Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Britain invade s Afghanistan after the massacre of the legation in Kabul
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| Irish Land League Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| The Irish Land League is founded
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| Marriage of Arthur Arthur of Brittany | |
| London Marries Princess Louisa of Prussia
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| Rebellion of Sekhukhuni Wolsey, Garnet | |
| Dec Transvaal Wolsey subdues the Sekhukhuni rebellion & capture s their paramount chief
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| Rebellion of Sulieman Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| The slave trade under Sulieman is wiped out
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| Treaty of Gandamak Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Gandamak Under the treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass
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