24--Opening of new Philosophical Inst.i.tute at Edinburgh Nov. 4, 1846

25--Shakespeare's House, at Stratford-on-Avon, purchased by the Shakespeare Committee for 3,000 Sept.16, 1847

26--Commercial crisis: Bank of England rate raised to 9 per cent. Oct. 31, 1847

27--Chloroform administered by Professor Simpson at Edinburgh Nov. 12, 1847

28--The French Revolution of Feb. 22, 1848

29--Birth of Princess Louise Mar. 18, 1848

=30=--Kossuth claims protection from England Sept.20, 1849

FOURTH EXERCISE.

31--Treaty with United States in regard to the Nicaragua Ca.n.a.l Apr. 19, 1850

32--Sir Robert Peel's fall from a horse, on Const.i.tution Hill, June 29, resulted in his death July 2, 1850

33--A Farewell Benefit to William Macready, the tragedian, at Drury Lane Theatre Feb. 26, 1851

34--Opening of International Exhibition by Her Majesty, in Hyde Park May 1, 1851

35--Louis Napoleon's Coup d'etat Dec. 2, 1851

36--Duke of Wellington's Death Sept.14, 1852

37--Birth of Prince Leopold Apr. 7, 1853

38--Lord Palmerston advises Presbytery of Edinburgh to first consult the laws of sanitation before ordering a fast on account of the Cholera Oct. 19, 1853

39--Rev. F. D. Maurice dismissed from King's College for opinion's sake Oct. 27, 1853

=40=--War declared by Russia against Turkey Nov. 1, 1853

FIFTH EXERCISE.

41--War declared by England, against Russia Mar. 22, 1854

42--Epochal Work--Spencer's Psychology 1855

43--Treaty of Peace between England, France, and Russia, at Paris Mar. 30, 1856

44--Bands play on Sunday afternoons in Kensington Gardens Apr. 13, 1856

45--Birth of Princess Beatrice Apr. 14, 1857

46--Capture of Delhi Sept.20, 1857

47--First Sitting of the Court for Divorces: Sir Cresswell Cresswell, Judge Ordinary Jan. 16, 1858

48--Statue of Sir Isaac Newton unveiled by Lord Brougham at Grantham Sept.21, 1858

49--Darwin's "Origin of Species" published 1859

=50=--Death of Lord (Thomas Babington) Macaulay Dec. 28, 1859

SIXTH EXERCISE.

51--Thomas Hopley, schoolmaster, sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude for causing the death of R. C. Cancellor by excessive corporal punishment July 23, 1860

52--Lord Clarence advises Ironclads for the Navy Mar. 11, 1861

53--Recognition by English Government of the Southern Confederacy May 8, 1861

54--Death of Prince Consort of gastric fever Nov. 14, 1861

55--Marriage of Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark Mar. 10, 1863

56--Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth Apr. 23, 1864

57--Tercentenary of the death of Calvin May 27, 1864

58--Inauguration of a statue to Sir Wm. Jenner, at Boulogne Sept. 1, 1865

59--Albert Medal for those who in saving life endanger their own Mar. 7, 1866

=60=--Mr. Peabody thanked by H. M. the Queen for his munificent gifts to the poor of London Mar. 28, 1866

61--Government requires Electric Telegraph July 31, 1868

62--University of Edinburgh admits women to the study of medicine Oct. 27, 1869

63--Act for the abolition of imprisonment for debt comes into effect Jan. 1, 1870

64--Prof. Tyndall traces propagation of disease by _dust_ and _germs_ floating in the air Jan. 14, 1870

65--Prince of Wales attacked with typhoid fever Nov. 23, 1871

66--Geneva Convention awards the United States of America, on account of Alabama Claims, 3,000,000 against Great Britain Sept.14, 1873

67--Miss Richards, of Stapleton, walked 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours June 29, 1874

68--Captain Boynton crosses English Channel (second attempt) in his swimming dress May 28, 1875

69--British Museum lighted by electricity Oct. 20, 1879