Chronological Table of Events.
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| 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. |
