1826. General Election.--Lord Liverpool Prime Minister. 1827. Death of Lord Liverpool.--Canning becomes Prime Minister, and dies in August of same year.--Lord Goderich succeeds him. 1828. Duke of Wellington Prime Minister. 1829. Catholic Emancipation. 1830. Death of George IV.--Accession of William IV.--Regency Bill passed.--Revolution in Paris.--Charles X. deposed.--Louis Philippe, King of the French.--General Election.--Whig majority.--Earl Grey Prime Minister. 1831. Prince Leopold (widower of Princess Charlotte) becomes King of the Belgians.--First Reform Bill defeated--Dissolution.--Large majority in favor of Reform, and Bill immediately reintroduced. 1832. Reform Bill carried. 1833. Abolition of Slavery in British Dominions; £20,000,000 voted to compensate West Indian slave-owners. 1834. New Poor Law passed. 1835. The Orange Plot.--Lord Melbourne Prime Minister. 1836. First meeting between Princess Victoria and Prince Albert of Coburg. 1837. Death of William IV.--Accession of Queen Victoria, June 20th.--Insurrection in Canada. 1838. Coronation. 1839. Sir Robert Peel’s unsuccessful attempt to form a Ministry.--Bedchamber question.--Queen’s betrothal to Prince Albert. 1840. Queen’s marriage.--Oxford’s attempt on her life.--Birth of Princess Royal. 1841. General Election.--Tory majority.--Sir R. Peel Prime Minister.--Birth of Prince of Wales. 1842. Afghan War.--Queen’s first visit to Scotland.--Second and third attempts on her life. 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’État_ 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.