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Cape of Good Hope doubled.
O'Brien, Meagher, and others, sup-
pressed, and the leaders condemned
1807.
enter. Berlin, Oct. 21.
The kingdom of Westphalia established
Regency of the Crown Prince.
1859
Franco-Italian war.
Prince of Wales marries Caroline of
The Emperor resumes the government.
Brunswick.
to death, Oct. 9.
by Napoleon.
1879
Prussia remains neutral, but threaten-
Cholera in Ireland.
Treaty of Tilsit between France and
Protectionists' bill adopted, May 9.
Meeting of Bismarck and Andrassy, at
1860
Federal Diet maintains Hesse-Cassel
ing.
1796
Orange clubs formed in London.
England takes the Spice Islands.
1849 Sentence of Irish insurgents commuted
1808
Prussia."
Vienna, Sept.
1810 North Germany annexed to France.
William I. becomes king upon the death
Birth of Princess Charlotte.
to transportation.
Seridom abolished in Prussia.
Code of laws passed in 1877 goes into
1861
Constitution against Prussia.
1797 'Cash payments suspended, Feb. 27.
Irish Encumbered Estates Act passed.
Cholera reappears in England.
1812 An alliance concluded with Austria and
operation.
of his brother, Frederick William IV.,
Death of Edmund Burke, July 29.
-Russia.
1880 Small states outvote Prussia, Saxony and
Bavaria on stamp duties. Bismarck
1798
"The Anti-Jacobin."*
The Queen visits Ireland.
National Association meets at Heidel-
Jan. 2.
Battle of the Nile; great victory of
1850
Death of Sir Robert Peel, and the Duke
1818 The war of Liberation, against Napoleon,
of Cambridge.
. begins.
berg.
Lord Nelson over the French fleet.
The French evacuate Berlin, March 4.
"New Liberal" party formed, Aug.
yield.
resigns a third time, and the states
Becher,
a Leipzig student, attempts to
Habeas Corpus Act again suspended.
Pate assaults the Queen.
assassinate the King.
Sidney Smith at Acre.
1851 The first "Great Exhibition" opened,
War declared against France, March 16.
Silesia invaded by Napoleon, May 31.
1881 German Reichstag opened, Feb. 16.
The King and Queen crowned at Konigs-
Great Irish rebellion; defeat of the
May 1.
First gold arrives from Australia.
Ney defeated by Blucher at Katzbach,
The Liberals successful in the October
Irish.
Aug. 16.
elections.
1862
The National Assembly at Berlin declares
berg.
Battle of Kilcullen, May 23.
1852
Death of Wellington, Sept. 14.
Great riots in Belfast.
Allies completely defeat Napoleon at
1882 Imperial rescript of Jan. 4 asserts ex-
treme rights of the Emperor, and slight
in favor of unification.
The government defeated in the elec-
1799
Battle of Antrim; victory of the English.
Irish rebellion completely suppressed.
Aberdeen becomes Prime Minister.
· Leipsic, Oct. 16.
1814 France invaded by the allies.
constitutional
restraints;
rescript
tions.
1800
Hatfield
attempts to assassinate the
1853 English-and French fleets , enter the
Bosphorus, Oct. 22.
Battles of Brienne, Creon, and Laon.
modified by explanation.
King.
1815 Congress of Vienna.
Disastrous floods in Germany, Dec. 6.
Count Bismarck Schonhausen made Pre-
Malta taken.
Protocol between England, Austria,
i
.Final overthrow of Napoleon.
1883. Grand celebration in . Berlin upon the
mier. The Chamber informed by him
that the Budget is deferred until 1863;
Birth of Lord Macaulay; died 1859.
France and Prussia signed, Dec. 5.
Formation of the Germanic Confedera-
twenty-fifth anniversary of the mar-
riage of the Crown Prince and Princess.
protest of the deputies against this as
1801
Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
1854 Alliance between England, France, and
Nelson's victory at Copenhagen.
Turkey, March 12.
1817 Insurrection in Breslau put down.
tion.
The Emperor appoints the King of Spain
unconstitutional, Sept. 30.
The Budget passed by the Chamber of
Habeas Corpus again suspended, April 19.
War declared against Russia, March 28.
Peace of Amiens, Oct. 1.
Crystal Palace opened by the Queen.
1818 The
Zollverein .
(commercial union)
to the command of the Schleswig-Hol-
stein Uhlan regiment, Sept. 27.
Peers without the amendment of the
Chamber.
1802
Birth of Landseer, painter; died 1873.
June 10.
Treaty with the United States, regarding
1819 Anti-revolutionary. Congress of Carlsbad.
formed.
Death of William R. Wagner, German
The Chamber declares the act of the
1803
War declared against France.
1882 Death of Goethe, German poet.
composer, aged 69, Feb. 13.
Mahratta India War.
fishery claims.
Emmet's insurrection in Ireland.
1855 Resignation of the Aberdeen ministry,
1833 Other German states join the Zollverein.
1884 Conference of the Great Powers upon
Peers unconstitutional, Oct. 11.
1834 Thuringia and Saxony join the Zoll-
Egyptian finances, Aug. 2.
Close of the session of the Chambers by
the King, Oct. 13.
Battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21; victory and
Jan. 2.
Aug. 20.
1863 Continuation of the quarrel between the
1805
Execution of Emmet, Sept. 20.
Germany occupies the Caroline Islands,
Lord Palmerston appointed Prime Min-
verein.
Government and the Chamber.
death of Nelson.
Birth of Lord Beaconsfield.
Visit of the Emperor and Empress ot
ister.
1840
Accession of Frederick William IV., of
Prussia.
Death of Prince Frederick Charles of
The King closes the session a second
1844 Attempted assassination of the Prussian
Prussia, aged 57, June 15.
time, and resolves to govern without
1806
Birth of William E. Gladstone.
France to England.
King.
1887
Convention between Prussia and Austria.
Septennate army bill passed March 11.
1868
a Parliament, May 27.
Deaths of William Pitt and Charles
The Queen and Prince Albert visit
1848 Insurrection in Berlin, and revolutionary
Severe restrictions imposed upon the
James Fox.
France.
movements throughout Germany.
1807 Orders in Council against the Berlin
1888
Ecclesiastical bill passed, April 27.
German National Assembly meets in
Death of Emperor William, March 9.
press, June 1.
1856 Peace with Russia proclaimed, April 19.
The Crown Prince disavows participa-
Decree, Jan. 7.
African slave trade abolished,
War with China (q. V.)
Frederick III. becomes Emperor, March
11.
tion in the recent action of the min-
The
England at war with Persia.
Frankfort.
1849 The German National Assembly elects
istry, June 5; decree recalled.
March 25.
Death of Cardinal Henry Stuart, claim-
Herat taken by Persians, Oct. 25.
English take Bushire, Dec. 10.
the King of Prussia Emperor of Ger-
many, March 28.
1889
Wilhelm IL., Emperor, June 18.
Samoan Agreement signed, June 14.
1864 War with Denmark about the Danish
Von Caprivi succeeds Bismarck as Chan-
duchies.
ant of the English Crown.
1857 Beginning of the Indian mutiny (see In-
He declines the honor, and recalls the
1890
Holstein invaded by Prussia.
1809
Wellesley passes the Duro.
Battle of Corunna, Jan. 16.
Great commercial panic; it is relieved
dia).
Prussian members of the Assembly.
cellor, March 19.
Frankfort Assembly removes to Stutt-
Heligoland transferred to Germany by
Denmark ports blockaded.
by the suspension of the Bank Char-
ter Act of 1844.
gart.
1891
England, Aug. 9.
Denmark forced to give up the duchies,
"Quarterly Review" founded.
Impeachment of the Duke of York.
Austria protests against alliance of Prus-
The Empress Friedrich visits Paris, Feb.
and make peace.
Walcheren expedition, August.
sia and smaller German States, 1850.
Rigid passport regulations enforced in
Treaty signed, Oct. 30.
1865 Quarrel between the government and the
Death of Sir John Moore.
Persian war closed by treaty of Teheran.
Investigation into conduct of Princess
Herat restored.
Treaty between Bavaria, Saxony and
Alsace Lorraine.
1858 Marriage of the Princess Royal to Prince®
Wurtemburg, Feb. 27.
Death of Gen. Von Moltke, April 24.
Chamber of Deputies over the army
Parliament meets at Erfurt.
189
Princess Margaret, sister of the Em-
The budget being rejected the king pro-
budget.
Caroline.
Birth of C. Darwin; died 1882.
Frederick William of Prussia, Jan. 25.
Birth of Alfred Tennyson.
Derby-Disraeli ministry formed, Feb. 26.
The German Confederation meets at
Jewish disabilities removed, July 23.
Frankfort, Sept. 2.
peror, weds Prince Charles Frederick
Hesse-Cassel invaded by the forces of
of Hesse, Jan. 25.
rogues the parliament, and declares
1810
The King declared insane, Nov. 3.
he will rule without it.
Great financial crisis.
The Conspiracy and Volunteer bills
Austria, Bavaria, and Prussia, Nov. 12.
Unveiling of the statue of William I.
at Bremen.
The King arbitrarily seizes and disposes
Irish agitation for repeal of the union.
passed.
of the revenue, July 5.
1811 The Prince of Wales declared Regent,
The India Bill passed, Aug. 2.
1851 Reassembly of Diet of German Confed-
1894 Caprivi resigns the Chancellorship of
The government of the East India Com-
the Empire and is succeeded by Prince
Convention of Gastein,
185
eration at Frankfort.
Bismarck visits Napoleon III., at Paris.
Feb. 5.
pany ceases, Sept. 1,
Insurrectionary plot in Berlin discov-
von Hohenlohe.
ered.
1895 Grand celebration by German veterans of
1866 The Diet demands the surrender of
Suddite riots, Nov.
The Roman Catholic Board formed by
1859 England declares her neutrality in the
1857
Holstein by Prussia and Austria, which
Daniel O'Connell, Dec. 26.
Austro-Italian war.
Revision of the German Confederation.
the twenty-fifth anniversaries of Grav-
Birth of William M. Thackeray. Died
Derby ministry defeated on the reform
Meeting of an assembly of the German
elotte, Sedan, etc.
they refuse.
Prussian treaty with Belgium.
1863.
Organization of volunteer forces.
bill.
Confederation at Frankfort, at the call
of Austria.
Celebration and naval demonstration at
Kiel on account of the opening of the
Attempt on Bismarck's life, May 7.
formed
great canal connecting the Baltic with
War with Austria and her allies.
1812 English storm Ciudad, Rodirgo and
Badajos.
Palmerston-Russell ministry
Troubles in Hesse-Cassel.
The elector restored by the Confedera-
the North Sea.
Battle of Sadowa, total defeat of Aus-
trians.
Lord Liverpool Premier.
June 18.
Lord Palmerston resigns and returns.
1859 Bavaria, and other German states, mani-
tion.
1898 Prince Bismarck died, July 30.
Assassination of Mr. Percival, the Prime
Minister, by Bellingham, in the House.
fest a willingness to assist Austria
1905 Great coal strike, Jan.
Treaty of peace with several German
states and Austria.
Formation of the North German Confed-
Beginning of the second war with the
1860
Lord Stanley Secretary for India.
Commercial treaty with France.
United States, June 18.
Peace effected with China, Oct. 24.
against the French in Italy.
eration, under the leadership of Prus-
Birth of Charles Dickens; died 1870. .
The Prince of Wales visits the United
1860 Quarrel with Denmark about the Danish
duchies begins.
Hanover annexed to Prussia.
sia.
Birth of Robert Browning.
States and Canada.
Federal Diet maintains Hesse-Cassel
1867 Extraordinary session of the Prussian
1814 Peace with France.
1861 Death of the Duchess of Kent, the
Queen's mother.
Constitution against Prussia.
Holstein-Schleswig dispute with Den-
PRUSSIA.
Diet.
Peace with the United States.
First meeting of the new German Parlia-
Birth of Charles Reade.
Complications with the United States
mark.
Treaty of Ghent, Dec. 14.
over the seizure of Messrs. Mason and
1861 Death of Frederick William IV .; acces-
Slidell, from a British mail steamer by
sion of William I.
National Assembly meets at Heidelberg.
1780 Death of Frederick the Great, Aug. 17.
ment.
1868 Prussia passes
the Rhine navigation
1815
France renews war with the allies.
Battle of Waterloo, and final overthrow
the U. S. steamer "San Jacinto," Nov.
1792 War with France in consequence of the
8. They are released by the U. S. gov-
France declares war against Prussia.
treaty.
187
of Napoleon I., June 18.
Attempted assassination of the King.
French revolution ..
ernment, Dec. 28.
Battle of Valmy, Sept. 20.
Prussia receives the support of German
Peace with France.
Insurrection in Tipperary, Ireland.
Death of Albert the Prince Consort, Dec.
1865
The National Assembly, at Berlin, de-
Decisive defeat of the Prussian army of
Princess Charlotte marries Prince Leo-
The Queen proclaims neutrality in Amer-
14.
ciares in favor of unification.
France invaded by the German army un-
States.
Bismarck becomes Prime Minister.
invasion.
pold of Saxe-Coburg.
ican war.
Copyright, 1.05, by Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
SUPPLEMENT XIX.
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
1877 United States and Canada Fishery Com- mission, at Halifax, award Canada $5,- 500,000.
1878 The Marquis of Lorne, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, appointed Viceroy, Oct. 14.
Fortune Bay outrages.
United States pay Fishery award, Nov. 21 Arrival of Marquis of Lorne and Prin- cess Louise, Nov. 25.
1879 Industrial Exposition at Ottawa.
1880 Earl of Salisbury refuses compensation for Fortune Bay affair; Lord Granville grants it.
1881 $75,000 award for Fortune Bay outrages. Bill to construct railroad from Halifax to Buzzard Inlet passed, June 31. Patents issued to Canadian Pacific Rail- way Company, Feb. 16.
1883 The Marquis of Lansdowne appointed Governor-General, May 21. Sir John Hawley Glover appointed Gov- ernor of Newfoundland.
1884 Meeting of the British Association, at . Montreal, Aug. 27.
Dynamite explosions at Quebec, Oct. 11.
1885 Opening conflict at Fish Creek with the half-breed and Indian rebels, under Louis Riel, April 24.
Capture, near Batoche, of Louis Riel. 1886 Opening of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way.
Resolution against the Coercion Bill passed April 26.
1888 Newfoundland refuses to join Canada, April.
Lord Stanley made Governor, June 11.
1889 Weldon Extradition Bill passed, April 26.
1890 Toronto University burned, Feb. 14.
1891 Government party sustained at general election, March 6.
1893 Earl of Aberdeen appointed Governor- General, May 11.
1895 School war in Manitoba.
UNITED STATES.
1765 First Medical College established in Phil- adelphia. The Stamp Act passed, in England, March 22.
Virginia resolutions against right of tax- ation, May 29.
A congress of the colonies proposed by Massachusetts, June 26.
Congress of 27 delegates meet at New York and publish a declaration of the rights and rules against the Stamp Act, Oct. 7.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland unite in resisting Stamp Act, November.
1766 Dr. Franklin visits England, and is ex- amined before the House of Commons, in February.
Stamp Act repealed, March 18.
Stage route between Providence and Bos- ton established.
Philip Embury and Captain Webb first introduce Methodism in America.
1767 An obnoxious tax imposed on paper, glass, tea and painters' colors imported by the colonies.
Colonies adopt a non-importation agree- ment.
Mason and Dixon, sent out by the heirs of Wm. Penn and Lord Baltimore, run a line to define the boundaries of their possessions. It afterwards became the acknowledged line between the free and slave states.
1768 Meeting of a convention of delegates called by Massachusetts, at Fanuel Hall, Boston.
A military force stationed in Boston by the British government under General Gates.
1769 The Governor' of Virginia dissolves the House of Burgess.
The assembly of North Carolina dis- solved by the Governor. Goods sent to Boston from Great Britain refused and sent back. First paper mill erected at Milton.
1770 Boston massacre, March 5; British sol- diers kill three and wound four citt- zens. Repeal of the duties on tea.
177 177 Insurrection in North Carolina against the government officers by regulators; rebellion suppressed, May 16, by Gov- ernor Tryon and six regulators hanged. The British man-of-war Gaspee burned in Narragansett Bay by Americans from Providence.
1773 First American Methodist Conference, consisting of ten ministers, all of for- eign birth.
Blind Asylum established at Williams- burgh, Va., the first in America. The cargoes of the tea-ships in Boston thrown into the harbor by masked men, Dec. 16.
1774 Boston Port Bill deprives Boston of its port rights, March 25.
Meeting of the First Continental or Sec- ond Colonial Congress, at Philadelphia, Sept. 5. Congress issues a Declaration of Rights, Nov. 4.
1775 Commencement of the Revolutionary Battle of Lexington, April 19; British Perpetual Union of the Colonies formed, May 20.
General Washington Commander-in- Chief of the Continental forces, June 15. Americans under Ethan Allen take Ti- conderoga, May 10.
Generals Howe, Clinton and Burgoyne arrive from England.
Defeat of the Americans at Bunker Hill after stubborn resistance, June 17. Washington assumes command at Cam- bridge, July 3.
Continental Fast Day, July 20.
Falmouth burned by the British, Oct. 17. Generals Montgomery and Arnold invade Canada; capture of St. John, Nov. 3; of Montreal, Nov. 12. Repulse of Ar- nold at Quebec, Nov. 14; second and joint assault defeated and Montgom- ery killed, Dec. 31.
1776 Destruction of Norfolk by the British, Jan. 1.
Boston evacuated by the British in con- sequence of the Americans having tak- en possession of Dorchester Heights, which commanded the harbor, March 17. Washington arrives at New York, April 14.
Declaration of Independence, July 4. Commissioners sent by Congress to sollcit a treaty with the French.
Battle of Flatbush, or Brooklyn, on Long Island; Howe (loss 400) defeats the American generals, Putnam and Sullivan (loss 2,000), Aug. 27.
New York evacuated by the Americans and occupied by the British, Sept. 15. Battle of White Plains; Howe (loss 300 or 400) defeats Washington (loss 300 or 400), Oct. 28.
Battle of Lake Champlain; capture of the American fleet, Oct. 11-13. Fort Washington capitulates, Nov. 16. English occupy Rhode Island. Washington retreats beyond the Dela- ware, Nov: 28.
Congress adjourns to Baltimore, Dec. 12.
1812 Americans carry Queenstown Heights. Death of General Brock.
1813 Americans defeated at Frenchtown. Capture of Toronto, April 27, and Fort George, May 27, by the Americans. Defeat of the British at Sacketts Harbor, May 29.
Victory of Americans at Stony Creek, June 6.
Indecisive battle of Williamsburg, Nov. 7. Commodore Perry's victory on Lake Erie. Capture of English squadron.
Defeat of Proctor at the Thames, and death of Tecumseh.
1814 United States troops successful at battle of Longwood, March 4. Defeat of the British at Chippewa, July 25. Battle of Lundy's Lane.
Naval battle on Lake Champlain. Treaty of Ghent closes the war.
1816 Sir George Sherbroke becomes Governor of Lower Canada.
1817 Political agitation in Upper Canada. Career of Robert Gourlay.
1818 Duke of Richmond appointed Governor of Lower Canada.
1822 Antagonism between the French and English inhabitants of Lower Canada. Welland Canal incorporated.
First agitation against the Orangemen. 1825 Agitation in Upper Canada on the alien bill. 1826 Mackenzie's printing office destroyed by a mob.
828 Petition against misuse of revenues.
1829 First agitation for a responsible govern- ment in Upper Canada.
1830 Lord Aylmer becomes Governor of Low- er Canada.
1832 Imperial duties surrendered to the Cana- dian Assembly.
1835 The Pupinean party aim at a total sepa- ration from Great Britain.
1836 First Canadian railway opened.
House of Assembly refuse supplies.
1837 Coercive measure of the British Parlia- ment.
House of Assembly of Lower Canada re- fuses to transact business.
"Sons of Liberty" rise in Montreal.
Commercial crisis in Canada and the United States.
Troops withdrawn from Upper Canada. Rebellion in Upper Canada begins. Attempt the capture of Toronto, Dec. 4. Totally defeated by St. Eustace, Dec. 14. Rebels receive aid from sympathizers in the United States.
Affair of the "Caroline."
1838 Sir John Colborne appointed Governor, Jan. 16. Affairs of the "Anne" and the "Sir Rob- ert Peel."
End of the rebellion in Upper Canada. Resignation of Sir Francis Head, who is succeeded by Lord Durham.
Union of Upper and Lower Canada. Lord Sydenham appointed Governor.
1840 Settlement of the clergy reserves ques- tion.
Responsible government established. Death of Lord Sydenham. Charles P. Thompson Governor.
1843. Sir Charles Metcalf appointed Governor. 1844 Government removed from Kingston to Montreal.
1845 Great fire in Quebec.
1847 Earl Cathcart Governor.
Lord Elgin Governor-General, October. Agitation over the 'Rebellion Losses bill.
1848 Continued agitation over the Rebellion Losses bill.
1849 Annexation to the United States advo- cated by the opposition. Great riots in Montreal.
Destruction of Parliament House, April 26. Attack on Lord Elgin. Subsidence of the agitation.
1850 1851 Reciprocity with United States urged. Construction of new railways. Cheaper postage rates introduced.
1852 Great fire at Montreal.
Government removed to Quebec.
1853 Clergy reserves abolished by English Parliament, May 9.
1854 Close of Lord Elgin's administration. Prosperous condition of Canada.
Treaty with the United States, June 7. 1855 Sir Edmund W. Head Governor-General. 1856 Sir John A. Macdonald, the Attorney- General, becomes leader of the Con- servatives.
Opening of railway from Quebec to To- ronto, Nov. 12.
The first railway accident in Canada. Quebec made the seat of government. Stringency in the money market caused by the mutiny in India.
1858 Ottawa, formerly Bytown, made the seat of the provincial government by Queen Victoria; the opposition defeat this scheme.
1860 Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada.
1861 Great fire in Quebec, June 7.
Commencement of the civil war in the United States; fears of hostilities with that nation.
Lord Monck made Governor-General, Nov. 28.
British troops sent to Canada on account of "Trent" affair.
Resignation of ministry; Macdonald forms a new cabinet.
1862 Death of Sir Allan M'Nab.
1864 Delegates assemble at Quebec to discuss confederation of American colonies, Oct. 10.
Confederate refugees make a raid from Canada on St. Albans, Vt., Oct. 19; Canadians arrest them upon their re- turn, followed by their discharge, Dec. 14; General Dix proclaims reprisals; War. order rescinded by President Lincoln. retreat.
1865 Parliament agrees to a confederation. Great fire at Quebec.
Canada Parliament vote =50,000 for de- fense of the Dominion, March 23. Canada consents to union of the prov- inces, April 1.
1866 First Parliament of the Dominion meets at Ottawa, June 7. Discovery of gold in Hastings County, Termination of the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States. November.
Fenian invasion threatened.
Fenians, under O'Neill, cross into Can- ada; Canadian volunteers drive them back and disperse them. Habeas Corpus suspended.
Mr. Galt's new tariff.
1867 Formation of the Dominion of Canada- by the confederation of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, March 29. Lord Monck appointed Viceroy, July 2.
Canadian Railway Loan act passed, April 12.
1868 Sir John Young becomes Governor-Gen- eral, Nov. 27.
1869 Hudson Bay territories purchased for @ 300,000.
1870 Second Fenian raid repelled by militia; the leader, O'Neill, captured by United States troops. Rupert's Land, Manitoba, formerly
formed and becomes a part of the Do- minion of Canada.
Prince. Alfred visits Canada.
1871 British Columbia joins the Dominion of Canada.
Discussion of the Fisheries question.
1872 Prince Edward's Island becomes a part of the Dominion of Canada.
Earl of Dufferin becomes Governor-Gen- eral.
1873 Macdonald's ministry charged with cor- ruption, and forced to resign; new ministry formed by Mackenzie.
1875 Rejection of Reciprocity Treaty by United States.
1876 Destruction of St. Hyacinthe by fire, Sept. 3.
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1808 Gov. Bligh deposed for tyranny and sent home; succeeded by Mac Quarrie. 1817-'23 Explorations into the interior of Aus- tralia, by Wentworth, Lawson, Blox- and, Oxley and others.
1826 Settlement of King George's Sound formed.
1828 South Australia explored by Stuart.
a 1829 West Australia made a province; Legislative Council established and Capt. Sterling appointed Lieutenant- Governor.
1830 Stuart further explores South Australia. Fifty ships, with 2,000 emigrants, arrive in Western Australia.
1831 East Australia explored by Sir T. Mitch- ell.
1834 Boundaries of the province of South Aus- tralia fixed.
1835 First Roman Catholic bishop arrives. Port Phillip, now Victoria, colonized. South Australia a province.
1836 Arrival of first Church of England Bish- OD. Adelaide founded. -
Eyre's expedition overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound.
Melbourne founded.
1838 Explorations of Capt. Gray in northwest Australia.
1839 New South Wales and Tasmania explored by Count Stizeleckt.
Alleged discovery of gold in Bathurst kept secret by Gov. Gipps.
Suspension of transportation.
1840 Eyre explores West Australia
1841
Prince Leopold married to Princess Hel- ena of Waldeck, April 27.
Earl Spencer appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Chief Secretary of Ireland. Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke, Under Secretary, assassinated, in Dublin, May 6.
Otto Trevelyan succeeds Lord Cavendish. The Repression of Crime bill passed, July 11.
John Bright resigns, July 15, as a mem- ber of Gladstone's Cabinet, owing to Egyptian policy.
The "Cloture" bill passed, permitting closing of debate by majority vote. Fiftieth anniversary of Gladstone's entry into public life, Dec. 13. Prayers offered in the Mosques of Cairo for the Queen, Dec. 13. Fire in Hampton Court Palace, Dec. 14. Arrears of Rent bill passed.
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