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. 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.