1858.  Suppression of the Mutiny. 
      Abolition of the East India Company.  The possessions and
          powers of the Company transferred to the Crown.  The
          Queen’s Proclamation to India issued by Lord Canning,
          first Viceroy.

1859.  Establishment of the Volunteer Army. 
      Fenianism in Ireland.  Trial of O’Donovan Rossa.

1860.  Second Chinese War and occupation of Pekin.

1861.  THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 
      Repeal of the duty on paper.

1862.  The second Great Exhibition.

1865.  Death of Lord Palmerston.  Lord Russell appointed Premier.

1866.  THE ATLANTIC CABLE LAID.  Lord Derby appointed Premier. 
      The war between Austria and Prussia.

1867.  THE SECOND REFORM BILL passed.  It largely extended the suffrage
          in English boroughs.

1868.  Disraeli appointed Premier.

1869.  Suez Canal opened.

1870.  THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACT passed, which compelled the
          attendance of children at efficient schools. 
      The Franco-German War. 
      Halfpenny postcards first came into use.

1871.  Establishment of the German Empire. 
      TREATY OF WASHINGTON, which settled by arbitration the Alabama
          claims.

1872.  The Ballot Act passed to secure secret voting at elections.

1874.  Disraeli appointed Premier for the second time.

1875.  Purchase of shares in the Suez Canal.

1876.  Disraeli becomes Earl of Beaconsfield. 
      THE QUEEN PROCLAIMED EMPRESS OF INDIA.

1878.  Congress of Berlin to settle the Eastern Question. 
          Great Britain was represented by Lords Salisbury and
          Beaconsfield. 
      Second Afghan War.

1879.  War in Zululand.

1880.  Rising of the Boers in the Transvaal.

1881.  Defeat of the British at Majuba Hill.  Peace concluded in March. 
      Death of Lord Beaconsfield.

1882.  OCCUPATION OF EGYPT.  Bombardment of Alexandria and the Battle
          of Tel-el-Kebir.

1883.  War in the Soudan.  Defeat of Hicks Pasha.

1885.  Fall of Khartoum and death of General Gordon. 
      Redistribution Bill. 
      Number of Members of Parliament increased from 658 to 670. 
      The Revised Version of the Bible.

1886.  Annexation of Upper Burmah.

1887.  JUBILEE CELEBRATION.

1888.  Death of the Emperor William I. of Germany, and of his son
          Frederick III.  Succession of William II. 
      The Local Government Act, by which England and Wales was
          divided into counties and county boroughs for purposes of
          local government.

1889.  Charter granted to British South African Co.

1896.  The Jameson Raid.

1897.  The ‘Diamond’ Jubilee.