Queen Victoria and the Chartists
Working-class leaders publish a People's Charter
The Bedchamber Crisis and Afghanistan
The British bombard Canton and seize Hong Kong in an attempt to secure the opium trade in China
Victoria and Dear Albert
The Queen marries her cousin
Prime Minister Peel and the Corn Laws
Sir Robert Peel resigns as the potato crop fails in Ireland
The Coming of Disraeli and the Death of Peel
Violence erupts as Irish starve
The Last Whig Government and the Working Classes
The Whigs, Peelites and Radicals join together as the Liberals
The Great Exhibition and the Eve of the Crimean War
Revolution hits France and the Italian states
Charge of the Light Brigade
The British cavalry serving in the Crimean War distinguish themselves with two astonishing charges
Florence Nightingale, Church and State
The Civil Service and the established Church are reformed
Palmerston
Palmerston becomes Prime Minister at the age of 71
The Indian Mutiny
The British army takes terrible revenge as men, women and children are massacred
Gladstone's First Budget
The Chancellor of the Exchequer plans to abolish Income Tax
The Arrow War
The English and French join forces to legitimise the opium trade
Disraeli's Fancy Reform Bill
The Chancellor of the Exchequer tries to enhance the franchise of the professional classes
American Civil War and the Death of Prince Albert
The South withdraws from The United States
After Albert
1.7m people emigrate
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