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An annular eclipse of the Sun is visible over Europe and much of Asia and Africa. |
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At Bombay, the first British troops leave India for Africa to carry out the invasion of Abyssinia. |
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At the siege of Lucknow, William Hall becomes the first black man to win the Victoria Cross |
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British troops defeat Sikh forces at Chilianwala |
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British troops defeat the Sikh army at the Battle of Aliwal in northern India |
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East India Company rule in India ends and the Crown takes sole authority over British possessions on the sub-continent |
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Emigrant ship carrying 850 Chinese sinks in the Indian Ocean and all the passengers are lost |
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Great Britain and the Sikh kingdom sign the Treaty of Lahore |
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Great Britain annexes the Sikh kingdom of northern India |
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Great Britain replaces the East India Company as the official ruler of India and ends the Indian Mutiny |
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In British India, Lord Elgin arrives in Calcutta to take up his duties as Viceroy |
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In London, a relief fund is launched for hundreds of thousands starving in north-west India |
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New warship Sacramento launched at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in eastern Maine |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Prayers of thanksgiving made in all British churches for the success in putting down the Indian Mutiny |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Queen Victoria is proclaimed throughout India as Queen; Lord Canning is to be the first Viceroy of India |
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Sepoy Revolt triggers the Indian Mutiny against British rule |
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Tatya Tope, one of the last leaders of the Indian Rebellion, is captured in north central India |
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The British court-martial Tatya Tope, one of the last leaders of the Indian Rebellion to be captured |
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The British execute Tatya Tope, one of the last and most intrepid leaders of the Indian Rebellion to be captured |
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Underwater telegraph line down the Red Sea from Suez to Aden is completed |
Science/Technology |
