| 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’État 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
granddaughter, 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. |
