29 January 1855Resignation of George Hamilton-GordonGeorge Hamilton-Gordon Aberdeen, 4th
The Government is defeated over conditions facing the troops in the Crimea
Historical records for Great Britain in 1855, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The Government is defeated over conditions facing the troops in the Crimea
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
Forms a new Government
The War Office asks Brunel to design a prefabricated military hospital for the Crimean War.
Brunel completes his modular hospital design six days after receiving the commission.
Death of Charlotte Bronte
Commands British forces as the Allies renew their bombardment of Sevastopol in April.
Takes part in the Allied seizure of Kerch that opens the Sea of Azov to naval operations.
Supports operations disrupting Russian supplies through the Sea of Azov.
Commands HMS Miranda during the Allied attack on Fort Arabat at the entrance to the Sea of Azov.
Lands under fire and helps destroy Russian stores and vessels supplying the Crimean army.
Joins a hazardous landing party that burns Russian stores at Genitchi.
Helps fire Russian supply stores at Genitchi while Cossacks threaten the landing party.
Repeatedly lands during the bombardment of Taganrog and sets fire to Russian government stores.
Lands with Buckley under fire and helps destroy government buildings and military stores at Taganrog.
Arrives at Kars as Russian forces approach and inspects the garrison and defensive works.
Takes charge at the Tahmasp batteries and works continuously to strengthen the defence of Kars.
Wins a vote of confidence in Parliament for pulling out of the Vienna Peace talks
Reconnoitres the Russian camp outside Kars before the first major attack.
Repels an early Russian attack on Kars using the reorganized Ottoman garrison and fortress artillery.
Orders the British assault on the Great Redan during the June attacks on Sevastopol.
Orders an attack on the Great Redan that fails.
Commands British forces during the unsuccessful assault on the Great Redan on 18 June.
Succeeds Raglan in command of the British army.
Appointed Commander of the British Field Force
Appointed Commander of the British Field Force.
Dies during the siege after the failed June assaults.
Improves defensive works at Kars and helps prepare the garrison for Russian siege operations.
Assists Williams and Lake in organizing the defences and garrison of Kars.
Commands a gunboat flotilla destroying Russian supply depots and transport links around the Sea of Azov.
Leads one of the boats sent under fire to destroy the floating bridge at Genitchi.
Orders a boat attack that destroys the floating bridge linking Genitchi with the Arabat supply route.
Commands a boat supporting the successful demolition of the Genitchi floating bridge.
The prefabricated Renkioi Hospital is assembled and prepared to receive British military patients.
Destroys a pontoon link on the Arabat route used to move Russian supplies toward Crimea.
Abandons and destroys HMS Jasper after the gunboat grounds during Sea of Azov operations.
Returns to Taganrog with the Azov flotilla and captures Russian guns during renewed operations.
Directs attacks that destroy Russian barracks and stores near Petrushena.
Bombards Russian defences and dockyard installations at Sveaborg.
Commands British naval forces during the bombardment of Sveaborg.
Participates in British naval operations against the Russian fortress and dockyard at Sveaborg.
Commands the British Light Division during the final assault on the Great Redan.
Commands the Second Division involved in the final British assault on the Great Redan.
Directs British attacks against the Great Redan.
Leads troops during the British assault on the Great Redan and gains prominence for his conduct.
Receives news of the fall of southern Sevastopol.
Distinguishes himself in the defence of Kars during the major Russian assault.
Helps direct the Ottoman defence during the major Russian assault on Kars.
Directs the defence that repels a major Russian assault on Kars.
Treats soldiers and civilians as famine, wounds and disease intensify during the siege of Kars.
Serves with the Naval Brigade and helps operate heavy guns during the siege of Sevastopol.
Supports Allied naval operations at Kinburn.
Maintains discipline as food shortages, cold and disease steadily weaken the besieged garrison.
Succeeds James Simpson as commander of the British army in Crimea after the fall of southern Sevastopol.
Discovers the Victoria Falls
Surrenders Kars after the garrison is exhausted by famine, disease and prolonged siege.
Publication of "Aspen Court"
Travels near active fighting to provide food, medicines and practical assistance to wounded and exhausted soldiers.
Establishes the British Hotel near Balaclava for soldiers.
Operates the British Hotel near Balaclava, supplying food, medicines and other services to soldiers.
Serves among international experts examining the feasibility and route of the proposed Suez Canal.
Sevastopol surrenders after the French capture Malakoff.
Sevastopol surrenders after the French capture Malakoff.
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Commander in Chief.
Appointed Commander in Chief
Sevastopol has fallen, the Black Sea Fleet sunk and the Baltic Fleet isolated. Gains Russian and Austrian agreement to reopen the Vienna Conference.
Authorizes medals recognising service in the Crimean campaign.
Visits hospitals in Crimea to inspect medical conditions and extend reforms beyond Scutari.
Personally presents Crimean medals to veterans at a public ceremony, reinforcing recognition of soldiers' service.
Photographs officers, soldiers, camps and landscapes in Crimea, creating one of the earliest major photographic records of war.
Secures a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the condition of the British army before Sevastopol.
Uses The Times to publicise reports from Crimea and campaign for improvements in military administration.
Continues reporting army suffering and administrative failures, intensifying political pressure for reform in Britain.
Helps organise artillery and defensive works during the Ottoman defence of Kars.
Organizes the Ottoman defence of Kars.
Supervises engineering work on the railway carrying supplies from Balaclava toward the Sevastopol siege lines.
Participates in the contractor organisation responsible for rapidly constructing the military railway in Crimea.
Builds railway links to improve supply around Sevastopol.
Helps construct the railway from Balaclava to siege positions.
The giant steamship is designed with five funnels serving its extensive steam machinery.
Appointed Inspector General of the Cavalry.
Appointed Inspector General of the Cavalry
Serves in the Allied naval force conducting operations against Russian positions at Kinburn.
Organises the Land Transport Corps to improve movement of supplies from Balaclava to the siege lines.
The Limited Liability Act reduces investors' personal exposure to company debts.
Publication of "Men & Women"
Uses mortality data to support military medical reform.
Develops Parkesine, an early human-made plastic associated with Birmingham industry.
The modular wards include dedicated washing, bathing and sanitary facilities rather than relying on improvised arrangements.
Brunel incorporates systematic drainage and sewerage into the hospital plan to improve sanitation.
Brunel develops a standard hospital unit divided into two twenty-five-bed wards for rapid prefabricated construction.
Designs a prefabricated hospital for wounded soldiers.
Standardised timber and iron components are manufactured in Britain for shipment to the Dardanelles site.
A small railway is incorporated into the site plan to move stores and patients from the landing jetty toward the hospital.
Purpose-built kitchens are positioned to serve groups of hospital wards efficiently.
Dedicated laundries are included in the prefabricated complex and connected with the hospital's drainage arrangements.
Brunel's prefabricated layout allows the hospital to expand rapidly as additional ward buildings are shipped and assembled.
Brunel develops a large modular plan capable of accommodating roughly one thousand military patients.
The hospital design includes planned ventilation so fresh air can be distributed through the prefabricated ward buildings.
Resigns as prime minister amid parliamentary and public criticism of British wartime administration.
His reporting intensifies public criticism of wartime administration and contributes to political pressure on Aberdeen's government.
Accepts parliamentary investigation of the conduct of the war and supports administrative changes after the winter crisis.
Serves on the Sanitary Commission investigating unhealthy conditions in British military hospitals.
Helps investigate and improve military hospital sanitation.
Travels to Scutari and reorganises hospital kitchens to improve the preparation of food for sick and wounded soldiers.
Helps the Sanitary Commission improve water, drainage and ventilation at British military hospitals.
Works with the Sanitary Commission to improve drainage, ventilation and cleanliness in the military hospitals at Scutari.
Returns to command duties and serves during the later stages of the siege after recovering from wounds.
A new railway, the "Grand Crimean Central Railway" built by the contractors Thomas Brassey and Samuel Peto, was used to bring supplies from Balaclava to the siege lines, delivering more than five hundred guns and plentiful ammunition.
A new railway, the "Grand Crimean Central Railway" built by the contractors Thomas Brassey and Samuel Peto, was used to bring supplies from Balaclava to the siege lines, delivering more than five hundred guns and plentiful ammunition.
Raglan and his staff are blamed by the press and the Government for the hardships and sufferings of the British soldiers in the terrible Crimean winter before the Siege of Sevastopol, owing to shortages of food and clothing.
Produces detailed drawings of the siege, camps and battlefields for publication in Britain.
Introduces portable field cooking equipment that improves preparation of meals for troops in Crimea.
Investigates transport and supply failures in the British army.
Investigates British commissariat and transport failures alongside John McNeill after the disastrous winter.
Benefits from improved supply arrangements after winter failures.
Commands the British Baltic Fleet during the second campaign against Russian coastal fortifications.
Tennyson produced one of his best known works, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", a dramatic tribute to the British cavalrymen involved in an ill-advised charge on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War.
Publication of "The Warden"
Photographs the shell-strewn landscape later known through his image of the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
Supports Palmerstons policy in the Crimea & visits Napoleon III
Takes charge of the War Department under Palmerston as Britain attempts to correct military supply and administrative failures.
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