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Chronological Table of Events.
| 1843. | Birth of Princess Alice.—Queen's visit to Louis Philippe at Château d'Eu. |
| 1844. | Visit of the Czar Nicholas to the Queen at Windsor.—Birth of Prince Alfred.—Louis Philippe's visit to Windsor. |
| 1845. | The Queen's first visit to Germany.—Peel resigns, but is recalled.—Purchase of Osborne. |
| 1846. | Birth of Princess Helena.—Spanish marriages.—Irish Famine.—Repeal of the Corn Laws.—Fall of Peel's Government.—Lord John Russell becomes Prime Minister, and Lord Palmerston Foreign Secretary.—Lord George Bentinck the leader of Protectionist party. |
| 1847. | Irish famine.—General Election.—Whig majority. |
| 1848. | Revolution in Paris.—Fall of Louis Philippe, who takes refuge in England.—Chartist movement in England.—Irish Rebellion.—Birth of Princess Louise.—Purchase of Balmoral. |
| 1849. | The Queen's first visit to Ireland.—Enthusiastic reception.— |
| 1850. | Birth of Prince Arthur.—Death of Sir Robert Peel. |
| 1851. | Opening of Great Exhibition.—Coup d'Etat in Paris.—Dismissal of Lord Palmerston. |
| 1852. | Fall of John Russell's Ministry.—Earl of Derby forms Government, which lasts ten months.—General Election.—Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister.—Death of Duke of Wellington.—Recognition of Louis Napoleon as Emperor of the French. |
| 1853. | Birth of Prince Leopold.—Second visit to Ireland.—Outbreak of unpopularity against Prince Albert.—Marriage of Louis Napoleon. |
| 1854. | Alliance with Louis Napoleon.—Crimean War. |
| 1855. | Fall of Lord Aberdeen's Government.—Lord Palmerston Prime Minister.—Death of the Czar.—Visits exchanged between English and French Courts.—Fall of Sebastopol.—Betrothal of Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia.—Visit of Victor Emmanuel to Windsor. |
| 1856. | Death of Queen's half-brother.—Birth of Prince Imperial. |
| 1857. | Birth of Princess Beatrice.—Title of Prince Consort conferred on Prince Albert.—Indian Mutiny.—General Election.—Palmerston triumphant. |
| 1858. | Marriage of Princess Royal.—State visit of Queen to Cherbourg.—Visit to Germany to Princess Royal.—Orsini's attempt to assassinate French Emperor.—Fall of Lord Palmerston's Government on Conspiracy Bill.—Earl of Derby's Second Administration, lasting sixteen months. |
| 1859. | Birth of Queen's first grandchild, now Emperor William II. of Germany.—Volunteer Movement.—General Election.—Lord Palmerston again Prime Minister.—War between France and Austria on Italian Question. |
| 1860. | Betrothal of Princess Alice to Prince Louis of Hesse.—Triumphal Entry of Garibaldi into Naples.—Abdication of King of Naples. |
