1841 in History

Opens the first Parliament of the united Province of Canada.

The opposing tunnel workings meet with an alignment error of less than two inches and construction is completed.

Box Tunnel opens as the longest railway tunnel in the world at the time.

Hong Kong is ceded to Britain by China

Appointed Chief Minister of Prussia

Becomes consul and begins shaping post-Francia government.

Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi

Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi

The University of Jena awards Marx a doctorate in philosophy in absentia.

The Conservatives win their highest gains in the English Counties. The Conservatives win a majority for the 1st time, winning by 80 seats

The Second Joseph Lebeau Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.

Stanley resigns over Peels Free Trade Policy, Peels only casualty. Campaigns on the issue of Free Trade to become Prime Minister. Believes without free trade there could be civil disorder

Encounters the Great Ice Barrier, later known as the Ross Ice Shelf, while exploring the Ross Sea

The complete Great Western Railway route between London and Bristol opens for through services.

Receives an Ottoman firman establishing hereditary succession within his family.

Appointed Home Secretary

Invested as the Prince of Wales

Begins the Jean-Baptiste Nothomb Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.

Queen Victoria knights Marc Isambard Brunel in recognition of his engineering work and the approaching completion of the Thames Tunnel.

Completion of the main line allows continuous railway travel between London and Bristol in about four hours.

Takes office as President of Chile and begins a decade of national consolidation.

Appointed Prime MInister of Great Britain

Mavrokordatos begins another brief term as Prime Minister.

Shares authority in the consular government after Francia's death.

Stanley resigns over Peels Free Trade Policy, Peels only casualty

Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi

Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi

Saint Chad's is consecrated as a major Roman Catholic church in Birmingham.

Excavation reaches the Wapping side and the main tunnelling work beneath the Thames is completed.

Birth of Edward VII, 2nd child & eldest son of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert

Birth of Edward VII, eldest son & 3rd child of Victoria & Albert

Birth of Henry Morton Stanley

Birth of Pierre Auguste Renoir

Born in Ohio; later commands the 6th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.

Ballivian leads Bolivia to victory over invading Peruvian forces at Ingavi.

Ballivian defeats Peruvian President Agustin Gamarra and preserves Bolivian independence

Gamarra is killed during Peru's invasion of Bolivia