Benjamin Disraeli Biography

Birth of Benjamin Disraeli

Publication of "Vivian Grey"

Publication of "Vindication of the Constitution"

Publication of "Vindication of the Constitution"

Elected Member of Parliament

Publication of "Coningsby"

Publication of "Sybil", leader of the "young England group" of young Tories

Publication of "Sybil", leader of the "young England group" of young Tories

Publication of "Sybil", leader of the "young England group" of young Tories

Publication of "Tancred"

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term

Reform Bill, Introduces & loses the bill for extending the franchise

Reform Bill, Introduces & loses the bill for extending the franchise

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 3rd term

Enfranchises all ratepayers

Enfranchises all ratepayers

Cabinet opts for the Ten Minutes Bill which Disraeli announces in the Commons

The Liberals triumph by 387 seats the Conservatives 271 seats

The precedent is set of defeated Prime Minister's resigning before Parliament sits

Derby retires from the Prime Minister'ship due to ill health & hands over to Disraeli

Disraeli passes the 2nd reform act through Parliament

Disraeli resigns as Chancellor of the Exchequer

Victoria agrees to dissolve Parliament

Liberals unite under Gladstone to disestablish the Anglican Irish Church

The Telegraph Act enables the Post Office to purchase and operate inland telegraph networks.

Disraeli calls the Liberal Government "exhausted volcanoes"

Britain captures the Fiji Islands

The Conservatives win a majority of 83, its 1st majority since 1841. The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberals 302 seats

Disraeli forms a new ministry

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term

End of the agricultural strike in eastern England

Agricultural strike in eastern England

Britain captures the Fiji Islands

Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds

External debts forced Said Pashas successor, Ismail Pasha, to sell his countrys share in the canal for £4,000,000 (about pounds 85.9 million in 2014) to the United Kingdom in 1875, but French shareholders still held the majority.

Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds.

The Commons votes to exclude strangers by 1 vote

Receives notice that Ismail Pasha's Suez Canal shares are available and moves quickly to secure them for Britain.

Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pounds Rothschild bank loan

Completes the purchase of Egypt's Suez Canal Company shares for £4,000,000 with Rothschild financing.

Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pound Rothschild bank loan

Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act

Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India. Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act

Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India

Victoria makes Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield for making her Empress of India. Created Earl Beaconsfield

Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India

Secures parliamentary approval for funds connected with the purchase of the Suez Canal shares.

Defends the Suez Canal share purchase in the House of Commons as a necessary imperial measure.

Britain warns Russia not to capture Constantinople

Uses the canal shareholding to strengthen Britain's influence over the route to India.

Disraeli signs a Treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used

Presents the Suez Canal shareholding as a symbol of imperial foresight and British influence in Egypt.

On returning to London announce "I bring peace with honor & Cyprus". Demands Cyprus as the price for mediating a peace between Turkey & Russia

The Congress of Berlin awards Cyprus to Britain. Returns home claiming, "peace with honour". Disraeli signs a Treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used

Returns to Britain presenting the Berlin settlement as a diplomatic success that preserved the European balance.

Disraeli signs a Treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used

Supports Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the revised Balkan settlement.

Supports reducing the Bulgarian state created at San Stefano to limit Russian influence in the Balkans.

Accepts creation of Eastern Rumelia as an autonomous Ottoman province south of the new Bulgarian principality.

Accepts Russian possession of Kars, Ardahan and Batum while opposing wider Russian expansion in Ottoman Asia.

Signs the Treaty of Berlin as British prime minister and First Lord of the Treasury.

Signs the Treaty of Berlin for Great Britain alongside Salisbury and Odo Russell.

Under the Treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass

Britain goes to war with the Zulus

The Irish Land League is founded

Under the Treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass

Buried at Hughenden