Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria/Chronological Table of Events
Chronological Table of Events
| 1819. | Birth of Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace, May 24th. |
| 1820. | Death of Duke of Kent.—Death of George III.—Accession of George IV.—Trial of Queen Caroline begun in House of Lords in October; abandoned in November. |
| 1822. | Suicide of Lord Londonderry (Castlereagh).—Canning becomes Foreign Secretary. |
| 1826. | General Election.—Lord Liverpool Prime Minister. |
| 1827. | Death of Lord Liverpool.—Canning becomes Prime Minister, and dies in August of same year.—Lord Goderich succeeds him. |
| 1828. | Duke of Wellington Prime Minister. |
| 1829. | Catholic Emancipation. |
| 1830. | Death of George IV.—Accession of William IV.—Regency Bill passed.—Revolution in Paris.—Charles X. deposed.—Louis Philippe, King of the French.—General Election.—Whig majority.—Earl Grey Prime Minister. |
| 1831. | Prince Leopold (widower of Princess Charlotte) becomes King of the Belgians.—First Reform Bill defeated.—Dissolution.—Large majority in favor of Reform, and Bill immediately reintroduced. |
| 1832. | Reform Bill carried. |
| 1833. | Abolition of Slavery in British Dominions; £20,000,000 voted to compensate West Indian slave-owners. |
| 1834. | New Poor Law passed. |
| 1835. | The Orange Plot.—Lord Melbourne Prime Minister. |
| 1836. | First meeting between Princess Victoria and Prince Albert of Coburg. |
| 1837. | Death of William IV.—Accession of Queen Victoria, June 20th.—Insurrection in Canada. |
| 1838. | Coronation. |
| 1839. | Sir Robert Peel's unsuccessful attempt to form a Ministry.—Bedchamber question.—Queen's betrothal to Prince Albert. |
| 1840. | Queen's marriage.—Oxford's attempt on her life.—Birth of Princess Royal. |
| 1841. | General Election.—Tory majority.—Sir R. Peel Prime Minister.—Birth of Prince of Wales. |
| 1842. | Afghan War.—Queen's first visit to Scotland.—Second and third attempts on her life. |
| 1843. | Birth of Princess Alice.—Queen's visit to Louis Philippe at Château d'Eu. |
| 1844. | Visit of the Czar Nicholas to the Queen at Windsor.—Birth of Prince Alfred.—Louis Philippe's visit to Windsor. |
| 1845. | The Queen's first visit to Germany.—Peel resigns, but is recalled.—Purchase of Osborne. |
| 1846. | Birth of Princess Helena.—Spanish marriages.—Irish Famine.—Repeal of the Corn Laws.—Fall of Peel's Government.—Lord John Russell becomes Prime Minister, and Lord Palmerston Foreign Secretary.—Lord George Bentinck the leader of Protectionist party. |
| 1847. | Irish famine.—General Election.—Whig majority. |
| 1848. | Revolution in Paris.—Fall of Louis Philippe, who takes refuge in England.—Chartist movement in England.—Irish Rebellion.—Birth of Princess Louise.—Purchase of Balmoral. |
| 1849. | The Queen's first visit to Ireland.—Enthusiastic reception.— |
| 1850. | Birth of Prince Arthur.—Death of Sir Robert Peel. |
| 1851. | Opening of Great Exhibition.—Coup d'Etat in Paris.—Dismissal of Lord Palmerston. |
| 1852. | Fall of John Russell's Ministry.—Earl of Derby forms Government, which lasts ten months.—General Election.—Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister.—Death of Duke of Wellington.—Recognition of Louis Napoleon as Emperor of the French. |
| 1853. | Birth of Prince Leopold.—Second visit to Ireland.—Outbreak of unpopularity against Prince Albert.—Marriage of Louis Napoleon. |
| 1854. | Alliance with Louis Napoleon.—Crimean War. |
| 1855. | Fall of Lord Aberdeen's Government.—Lord Palmerston Prime Minister.—Death of the Czar.—Visits exchanged between English and French Courts.—Fall of Sebastopol.—Betrothal of Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia.—Visit of Victor Emmanuel to Windsor. |
| 1856. | Death of Queen's half-brother.—Birth of Prince Imperial. |
| 1857. | Birth of Princess Beatrice.—Title of Prince Consort conferred on Prince Albert.—Indian Mutiny.—General Election.—Palmerston triumphant. |
| 1858. | Marriage of Princess Royal.—State visit of Queen to Cherbourg.—Visit to Germany to Princess Royal.—Orsini's attempt to assassinate French Emperor.—Fall of Lord Palmerston's Government on Conspiracy Bill.—Earl of Derby's Second Administration, lasting sixteen months. |
| 1859. | Birth of Queen's first grandchild, now Emperor William II. of Germany.—Volunteer Movement.—General Election.—Lord Palmerston again Prime Minister.—War between France and Austria on Italian Question. |
| 1860. | Betrothal of Princess Alice to Prince Louis of Hesse.—Triumphal Entry of Garibaldi into Naples.—Abdication of King of Naples. |
| 1861. | Death of Duchess of Kent.—Visit of the Queen to Coburg.—Third visit of Queen to Ireland.—Victor Emmanuel proclaimed King of United Italy.—Death of the Prince Consort.—American Civil War.—The Trent Incident. |
| 1862. | Marriage of Princess Alice.—Crown of Greece offered to Prince Alfred. |
| 1863. | Marriage of Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark.—Grandchild born (Princess Alice's child) at Windsor.—Unveiling of Prince Consort's statue in Aberdeen. |
| 1864. | Birth of a son to the Prince and Princess of Wales, heir to the throne in the second generation.—Schleswig Holstein.—War between Denmark and Germany. |
| 1865.— | Death of King Leopold of Belgium.—Death of Lord Palmerston.—General Election.—Lord John Russell Prime Minister. |
| 1866. | Queen opens Parliament in person for first time since her widowhood.—Marriage of Princess Helena to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.—Fall of Lord Russell's Government.—Earl of Derby succeeds him.—War between North and South Germany. |
| 1867. | Publication of "Early Years of the Prince Consort."—Opening of Albert Hall.—The Passing of Mr. Disraeli's Reform Bill, giving Household Suffrage in towns. |
| 1868. | Mr. Disraeli Prime Minister.—General Election.—Liberal Majority.—Mr. Gladstone becomes Prime Minister.—Attempted Assassination of Duke of Edinburgh. |
| 1869. | Disestablishment of Irish Church. |
| 1870. | Franco-German War.—Fall of Louis Napoleon.—English Education Act. |
| 1871. | German Unity accomplished.—King William of Prussia declared German Emperor at Versailles.—Illness and recovery of the Prince of Wales.—Marriage of Princess Louise to Marquis of Lorne. |
| 1872. | Thanksgiving Service for recovery of the Prince of Wales.—Death of the Queen's half-sister, Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe. |
| 1873. | Fatal accident to Princess Alice's little boy. |
| 1874. | Marriage of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, to the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia.—General Election.—First Conservative Majority since 1841.—Lord Beaconsfield (Disraeli) Prime Minister. |
| 1876. | Royal Titles Bill passed.—Bulgarian atrocities.—Servia and Montenegro declare war against Turkey. |
| 1877. | Russia declares war against Turkey. |
| 1878. | Death of Princess Alice.—Marriage of the Queen's eldest grand-daughter, Princess Charlotte of Prussia.—Treaty of Berlin.—Death of Lord Russell. |
| 1879. | Marriage of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, to Princess Louise of Prussia.—Birth of the Queen's first great-grandchild.—Death of the Prince Imperial in South Africa. |
| 1880.— | General Election.—Large Liberal Majority.—Mr. Gladstone Prime Minister. |
| 1881. | War in Egypt.—Tel-el-Kebir. |
| 1882. | Marriage of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, to Princess Helen of Waldeck.—The Queen fired at by a Lunatic. |
| 1884. | Death of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany.—Birth of his posthumous son.—Passing of Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill giving Household Suffrage in Counties. |
| 1885. | Marriage of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg.—Death of General Gordon at Khartoum.—Fall of Mr. Gladstone's Ministry.—Marquis of Salisbury Prime Minister.—General Election.—Parties very nearly balanced.—Mr. Gladstone declares himself in favor of Home Rule. |
| 1886. | Lord Salisbury's Government defeated.—Mr. Gladstone forms Government and introduces First Home Rule Bill, defeated in the House of Commons, June.—General Election, July.—Large Unionist Majority.—Lord Salisbury Prime Minister. |
| 1887. | The Jubilee. |
| 1888. | Death of German Emperor, William I., March.—Accession of the Queen's son-in-law, the Emperor Frederick.—His death, June 15th. |
| 1892. | Death of the Queen's heir in the second generation, the Duke of Clarence.—Death of her son-in-law, Prince Louis of Hesse.—General Election.—Liberal majority.—Mr. Gladstone Prime Minister. |
| 1893. | Betrothal and marriage of Duke of York to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck.—Second Home Rule Bill defeated in the House of Lords. |
| 1894. | Birth of Prince Edward of York.—Death of the Czar, Alexander II.—Accession of the young Czar, Nicholas II.—His marriage to the Queen's granddaughter, Princess Alix of Hesse.—Mr. Gladstone retires, and is succeeded in the Premiership by the Earl of Rosebery. |
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