| 1837. | Accession of Queen Victoria. |
| | Electric telegraph. |
| 1838. | Lord Durham to Canada. |
| | Aden ceded to England. |
| 1839. | The Durham Report. |
| | Annexation of New Zealand. |
| | First Bradshaw's Railway Guide. |
| 1840. | Union of Canada. |
| | War with Egypt. |
| | Transportation abolished. |
| | Invasion of Afghanistan. |
| | Penny post introduced. |
| | Marriage of the Queen. |
| 1841. | Chinese Opium War. |
| | Hong Kong ceded to England. |
| | Birth of the Prince of Wales. |
| 1842. | First Afghan War. |
| | Introduction of Income Tax. |
| | Chartist petition. |
| 1843. | Natal—a British Colony. |
| | Gold Coast—a Crown Colony. |
| | Annexation of Sind. |
| 1845. | Failure of potato crops. |
| 1846. | Irish famine. |
| | Free Trade. |
| | First public baths. |
| | Labuan—a Crown Colony. |
| 1848. | Chartist petition. |
| | Chloroform first used. |
| | Queen's College open to women. |
| | Revolution in France. |
| 1849. | Annexation of Punjab. |
| 1850. | Discovery of gold in Australia. |
| | Australian Constitution. |
| | Death of Sir Robert Peel. |
| | Tennyson made Poet Laureate. |
| 1851. | Great Exhibition. |
| | Victoria separates from New South Wales. |
| 1852. | Death of Duke of Wellington. |
| | Free libraries started. |
| | Independence of Transvaal recognized. |
| 1853. | Gladstone's first Budget. |
| 1854. | Crimean War. |
| | Colonial Office organized. |
| 1856. | Annexation of Oudh. |
| 1857. | Indian Mutiny. |
| 1858. | End of East India Company. |
| | British Columbia founded. |
| 1859. | Darwin's Origin of Species. |
| | Queensland—separate colony. |
| 1861. | Death of Prince Consort. |
| | Paper duties abolished. |
| | Torpedo shells introduced. |
| | Lagos occupied. |
| 1862. | American Civil War. |
| | Lancashire cotton famine. |
| 1863. | Marriage of the Prince of Wales. |
| 1864. | Ashanti War. |
| 1865. | Death of Lord Palmerston. |
| | Atlantic cable laid. |
| 1867. | Reform Bill. |
| | Federation of Canada. |
| 1867. | Straits Settlements—Crown Colony. |
| | Bicycles used. |
| 1868. | Abyssinian Expedition. |
| | Basutoland Protectorate. |
| 1869. | Disestablishment of the Irish Church. |
| | Opening of Suez Canal. |
| 1870. | Elementary Education Act. |
| | Franco-German War. |
| | Telephones and postcards used. |
| | Death of Charles Dickens. |
| 1871. | Recognition of Trade Unions. |
| | Bank Holidays begun. |
| 1872. | Alabama arbitration. |
| 1874. | Ashanti War. |
| | Annexation of Fiji Islands. |
| | Famine in India. |
| 1875. | Purchase of Suez Canal shares. |
| | Prince of Wales to India. |
| 1876. | Compulsory education. |
| | Death of David Livingstone. |
| 1877. | Annexation of Transvaal. |
| | Queen called Empress of India. |
| 1878. | Treaty of Berlin. |
| | Cyprus annexed. |
| 1879. | Zulu War. |
| 1880. | Second Afghan War. |
| 1881. | Death of Lord Beaconsfield. |
| | Death of Thomas Carlyle. |
| | Discovery of gold in South Africa. |
| | Majuha Hill. |
| | Independence of Transvaal. |
| 1882. | Murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish in Ireland. |
| | Bombardment of Alexandria. |
| 1885. | Death of Gordon at Khartum. |
| | Abandonment of Sudan. |
| 1885. | Bechuanaland under British Protection. |
| 1886. | Home Rule Bill for Ireland brought in. |
| | Somaliland Protectorate. |
| 1887. | First Colonial Conference. |
| | Queen's Jubilee. |
| 1888. | County Councils. |
| | New Guinea—Crown Colony. |
| | British East Africa Company. |
| 1889. | Annexation of Burma. |
| | Death of R. Browning. |
| | British South Africa Company. |
| | Rhodesia occupied. |
| 1891. | Free Education. |
| | British Central Africa Company. |
| 1892. | Death of Lord Tennyson. |
| 1893. | Second Home Rule Bill rejected. |
| | Women's vote in New Zealand. |
| | Matabele War. |
| 1895. | Mr. Chamberlain—Colonial Secretary. |
| | Siege of Chitral. |
| 1896. | Ashanti War. |
| | Jameson Raid. |
| 1897. | Queen's Diamond Jubilee. |
| | Colonial Conference. |
| 1898. | Death of Mr. Gladstone. |
| | Battle of Omdurman. |
| | Wei-hai-Wei leased. |
| 1899. | South African War. |
| 1900. | Siege of Pekin legations. |
| | Annexation of Transvaal. |
| | Annexation of Orange River Colony. |
| 1901. | Australian Commonwealth. |
| | Death of Queen Victoria. |
| | Accession of Edward VII. |
