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| Battle of Kebir Seymour, Beauchamp | |
| Kebir Bombards Alexandria protecting the Suez Canal from the Nationalists |
| Battle of Kebir Wolsey, Grant | |
| 12th Sep Kebir Garnet Wolsey defeats the Egyptians at the Battle of el-Kebir |
| Birth of Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Hugh | |
| Moffat Birth of Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding |
| Birth of Milne, Alan Alexander Milne, Alan Alexander | |
| 17th Jan Birth of Alan Milne, creator of "Winnie the Pooh" |
| Birth of Woolf, Virginia Woolf, Virginia | |
| 25th Jan Birth of Virginia Woolf |
| Capture of Cairo Wolsey, Grant | |
| Cairo Occupies Cairo after the Battle of Kebir |
| Chamberlain Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| Advocates free education, graduated taxation & small holdings of "three acres & a cow" |
| Death of Trollope, Anthony Trollope, Anthony | |
| 6th Dec Death of Anthony Trollope |
| Plot Maclean, Robert | |
| 2nd Mar Windsor Robert Maclean tries unsuccessfully to assassinate Queen Victoria |
| Plot Victoria | |
| 2nd Mar Windsor Robert Maclean tries unsuccessfully to assassinate Queen Victoria |
| President Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| London Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| Quote Wilde Wilde, Oscar | |
| 3rd Jan Tells USAcustoms officers, "I have nothing to declare except my genius" |
| Resignation of Bright Bright, John | |
| London Resigns over British intervention in Egypt |
| Secretary Colonies Stanley Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| London Appointed Colonial Secretary |
| Secretary War Cavendish Cavendish, Spencer | |
| London Appointed Secretary of War, 2nd term |