Charles George Hamilton Gordon Biography

Birth of Charles George Hamilton Gordon, son of a Lieutenant General

Appointed Captain

Present at the capture of Peking

Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers

Awarded the British War Medal

Storms towns occupied by the Tai Ping rebels

Appointed Lieutenant Colonel with a force of 4,000 Chinese

Ends the Tai Ping rebellion

Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers at Gravesend

Appointed Governor General of the Sudan

Appointed Governor of Central Africa

Resigns as Governor of Central Africa

Appointed Governor of General of Sudan

Many of the rebel leaders under Sulieman are rounded up & shot

Many of the rebel leaders under Sulieman are rounded up & shot

Resigns as Governor of General of Sudan due to ill health & returns to England

Appointed Governor General of the Sudan, 2nd term

Appointed Governor General of Sudan

Public opinion leads to 300,000 pounds raised by the British Government. A relief force under Wolseley is despatched but too late. Th reinforcements requested by Gordon are refused by the British Government. The Mahdi have Khartoum surrounded. Holds out for 1 yr against the Mahdis army. Disobeys Gladstones orders to evacuate Khartoum

Fails to evacuate Khartoum before a siege led by the Mahdi

Arrives at Khartoum & declares the independence of Sudan

Arrives at Khartoum & declares the independence of Sudan

Reaches Khartoum & then begins to evacuate the Angloian residents

Th reinforcements requested by Gordon are refused by the British Government. The Mahdi have Khartoum surrounded

Public opinion leads to 300,000 pounds raised by the British Government. A relief force under Wolseley is despatched but too late

A relief expedition arrives at Korti under Sir Charles Wilson

The Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad captures Khartoum

Death of Charles George Hamilton Gordon, during the siege of Khartoum