Alliance Quadruple Alliance
Threatens to withdraw from the Quadruple Alliance
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
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Henry John Temple Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Henry John Temple through 118 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Henry John Temple, historical timeline
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118Distinct records
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1837–1856Years on this page
1837
Quadruple Alliance
Threatens to withdraw from the Quadruple Alliance
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
1838
Demands payment to bondholders, suggests revenue from the Spanish colony of Cuba
Demands payment to bondholders, suggests revenue from the Spanish colony of Cuba
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
Military Aid Agreement at London
Suspends military aid to Spain until its Government pays for arms already supplied
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
1839
Belgian Neutrality Guarantee
Commits Britain to the international settlement guaranteeing Belgium as an independent and permanently neutral state.
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
Belgian Settlement
Helps conclude the final settlement between Belgium, the Netherlands and the five Great Powers.
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
Guarantee of Neutrality
Commits Britain to the Great Power guarantee of Belgium's independence and perpetual neutrality.
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
Scheldt Navigation
Accepts provisions protecting navigation on the Scheldt as part of the Belgian-Dutch settlement.
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
Scheldt Navigation
Supports treaty provisions regulating navigation and commerce on the Scheldt after Belgian independence.
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
Treaty Signature
Signs the 1839 guarantee settlement for Britain as Foreign Secretary.
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
Twenty-Four Articles Settlement
Helps complete the definitive arrangement based on the Twenty-Four Articles negotiated by the Great Powers.
Role range: 1835-1841 – 1835-1841
1840
Siege of Guangzhou
Palmerston sends 16 British warships to Guangzhou
Role range: 1839-1842 – 1835-1841
1842
Rule of Hong Kong
Under the Treaty of Nanking Hong Kong is ceded to Britain
Role range: 1839-1842
Treaty of Nanking
The Treaty of Nanjing ends the 1st Opium War between Britain & China
Role range: 1839-1842 – 1835-1841
Treaty of Nanking
Under the Treaty of Nanking Hong Kong is ceded to Britain. Opens up Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Nangpo & Shanghai, known as "the Treaty ports"
Role range: 1839-1842
1846
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
1848
Impeachment
Anstey wants Palmerston impeached for being a foreign agent since 1828
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
1849
Scandal
John Delane of The Times reveals arms have been sent to Sicily
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
1851
Coup
Meets French Ambassador, Walewski, & congratulates him on Louis Napoleon's coup
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Meeting with French Ambassador
Meets French Ambassador, Walewski, & congratulates him on Louis Napoleon's coup
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Cabinet remains neutral towards Louis Napoleon
The Cabinet remains neutral towards Louis Napoleon after his coup
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Coup
The Cabinet remains neutral towards Louis Napoleon after his coup
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Neutrality
The Cabinet remains neutral towards Louis Napoleon after his coup
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Coup
Dismissed for unauthorized approval of the coup in France by Napoleon III
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Dismissal
Dismissed for unauthorized approval of the coup in France by Napoleon III
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
1852
Coup
Forced to resign after supporting the coup of Louis Napoleon in France
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Resignation of Henry John Temple
Forced to resign after supporting the coup of Louis Napoleon in France
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
1854
Blockade of Greece
Causes outrage by blockading Greece in order to secure compensation for Don Pacifico
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Causes outrage by blockading Greece in order to secure compensation for Don
Causes outrage by blockading Greece in order to secure compensation for Don Pacifico
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
Greek Ports Blockaded over Don Pacifico
British naval pressure on Greece is used to force settlement of the Don Pacifico compensation dispute.
Role range: 1846-1852 – 1846-1851
1855
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
Role range: 1855-1858 – 1855-1858
Government
Forms a new Government
Role range: 1855-1858 – 1855-1858
Vote of Confidence
Wins a vote of confidence in Parliament for pulling out of the Vienna Peace talks
Role range: 1855-1858 – 1855-1858
Fall of Sevastopol
Receives news of the fall of southern Sevastopol.
Role range: 1853-1856 – 1855-1858
Limited Liability Act
The Limited Liability Act reduces investors' personal exposure to company debts.
Role range: 1855-1858
Capture of Malakoff
Sevastopol surrenders after the French capture Malakoff.
Role range: 1853-1856 – 1855-1858
Capture of Sevastopol
Sevastopol surrenders after the French capture Malakoff.
Role range: 1853-1856 – 1855-1858
Conference of Vienna
Sevastopol has fallen, the Black Sea Fleet sunk and the Baltic Fleet isolated. Gains Russian and Austrian agreement to reopen the Vienna Conference.
Role range: 1853-1856 – 1855-1858
Roebuck Inquiry
Accepts parliamentary investigation of the conduct of the war and supports administrative changes after the winter crisis.
Role range: 1853-1856 – 1855-1858
1856
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is signed.
Role range: 1853-1856 – 1855-1858
Records, sources and methodology
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