Permanent historical factsheet

Neutrality

Great Britain · Government / Whig Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1801–1851Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1801

Henry Addington Sidmouth, 1st28 March 1801

Copenhagen · Government / Whig Party Government

The British Fleet shells the Danish Fleet & breaks the League of Armed Neutrality

1839

William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd19 April 1839

London · Government / Whig Party Government

Melbourne's government accepts Britain's role in guaranteeing Belgian independence and perpetual neutrality.

1851

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd5 December 1851

London · Government / Whig Party Government

The Cabinet remains neutral towards Louis Napoleon after his coup

Names involved

Henry Addington Sidmouth, 1stHenry John Temple Palmerston, 3rdWilliam Lamb Melbourne, 2nd

Provenance

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