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24--Opening of new Philosophical Inst.i.tute at Edinburgh Nov. 4, 1846
25--Shakespeare's House, at Stratford-on-Avon, purchased by the Shakespeare Committee for 3,000 Sept.16, 1847
26--Commercial crisis: Bank of England rate raised to 9 per cent. Oct. 31, 1847
27--Chloroform administered by Professor Simpson at Edinburgh Nov. 12, 1847
28--The French Revolution of Feb. 22, 1848
29--Birth of Princess Louise Mar. 18, 1848
=30=--Kossuth claims protection from England Sept.20, 1849
FOURTH EXERCISE.
31--Treaty with United States in regard to the Nicaragua Ca.n.a.l Apr. 19, 1850
32--Sir Robert Peel's fall from a horse, on Const.i.tution Hill, June 29, resulted in his death July 2, 1850
33--A Farewell Benefit to William Macready, the tragedian, at Drury Lane Theatre Feb. 26, 1851
34--Opening of International Exhibition by Her Majesty, in Hyde Park May 1, 1851
35--Louis Napoleon's Coup d'etat Dec. 2, 1851
36--Duke of Wellington's Death Sept.14, 1852
37--Birth of Prince Leopold Apr. 7, 1853
38--Lord Palmerston advises Presbytery of Edinburgh to first consult the laws of sanitation before ordering a fast on account of the Cholera Oct. 19, 1853
39--Rev. F. D. Maurice dismissed from King's College for opinion's sake Oct. 27, 1853
=40=--War declared by Russia against Turkey Nov. 1, 1853
FIFTH EXERCISE.
41--War declared by England, against Russia Mar. 22, 1854
42--Epochal Work--Spencer's Psychology 1855
43--Treaty of Peace between England, France, and Russia, at Paris Mar. 30, 1856
44--Bands play on Sunday afternoons in Kensington Gardens Apr. 13, 1856
45--Birth of Princess Beatrice Apr. 14, 1857
46--Capture of Delhi Sept.20, 1857
47--First Sitting of the Court for Divorces: Sir Cresswell Cresswell, Judge Ordinary Jan. 16, 1858
48--Statue of Sir Isaac Newton unveiled by Lord Brougham at Grantham Sept.21, 1858
49--Darwin's "Origin of Species" published 1859
=50=--Death of Lord (Thomas Babington) Macaulay Dec. 28, 1859
SIXTH EXERCISE.
51--Thomas Hopley, schoolmaster, sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude for causing the death of R. C. Cancellor by excessive corporal punishment July 23, 1860
52--Lord Clarence advises Ironclads for the Navy Mar. 11, 1861
53--Recognition by English Government of the Southern Confederacy May 8, 1861
54--Death of Prince Consort of gastric fever Nov. 14, 1861
55--Marriage of Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark Mar. 10, 1863
56--Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth Apr. 23, 1864
57--Tercentenary of the death of Calvin May 27, 1864
58--Inauguration of a statue to Sir Wm. Jenner, at Boulogne Sept. 1, 1865
59--Albert Medal for those who in saving life endanger their own Mar. 7, 1866
=60=--Mr. Peabody thanked by H. M. the Queen for his munificent gifts to the poor of London Mar. 28, 1866
61--Government requires Electric Telegraph July 31, 1868
62--University of Edinburgh admits women to the study of medicine Oct. 27, 1869
63--Act for the abolition of imprisonment for debt comes into effect Jan. 1, 1870
64--Prof. Tyndall traces propagation of disease by _dust_ and _germs_ floating in the air Jan. 14, 1870
65--Prince of Wales attacked with typhoid fever Nov. 23, 1871
66--Geneva Convention awards the United States of America, on account of Alabama Claims, 3,000,000 against Great Britain Sept.14, 1873
67--Miss Richards, of Stapleton, walked 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours June 29, 1874
68--Captain Boynton crosses English Channel (second attempt) in his swimming dress May 28, 1875
69--British Museum lighted by electricity Oct. 20, 1879
