29 January 1856Victoria CrossVictoria
Institutes the Victoria Cross, Britains highest military decoration
Historical records for Great Britain in 1856, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Institutes the Victoria Cross, Britains highest military decoration
Work on SS Great Eastern stops temporarily after John Scott Russell's shipbuilding business becomes bankrupt.
The Treaty of Paris is signed.
Signs the Treaty of Paris for Britain.
Signs the Treaty of Paris as one of Britain's plenipotentiaries at the peace congress.
Wins a vote of confidence in the Commons and the Lords after the Treaty of Paris.
Wins parliamentary support after the Treaty of Paris.
Signs rules affecting privateering and maritime war.
Birth of Richard Burdon Haldane
Awarded the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria
Birth of Joseph John Thomson
The central river pier is completed to the stage needed for erection of its upper iron support structure.
Supports a settlement placing the Danubian Principalities under collective European guarantees while retaining Ottoman suzerainty.
Supports the Paris settlement limiting Russian power in the Black Sea and restructuring arrangements for the Danubian Principalities.
Leads the British delegation during negotiations that produce the Treaty of Paris.
Supports the postwar settlement governing Moldova and Wallachia under collective European guarantees.
The Declaration of Paris lays down international rules for maritime warfare.
2nd of the 2 Opium Wars between China & Britain
Reports the closing stages of the campaign and the transition from military operations to peace.
Commands British forces during the final occupation period and preparations for withdrawal after peace is concluded.
Appointed Governor General of India
Work continues after disruption caused by John Scott Russell's financial difficulties and bankruptcy.
Supports arrangements that later help lead toward the political union of Moldova and Wallachia.
His synthetic dye discovery influences Birmingham’s later chemical and manufacturing trades.
Defends the Treaty of Paris as securing British objectives against Russian expansion in the Black Sea region.
Returns quietly to Britain after her wartime nursing and hospital reform work in the Ottoman Empire and Crimea.
Returns to Britain after the war, financially weakened by unsold supplies from the British Hotel.
Supports the international settlement defining Moldova's postwar status under Ottoman suzerainty and European guarantees.
Supports the international settlement defining Wallachia's postwar status under Ottoman suzerainty and European guarantees.
Chinese officials board the British flagship, the Arrow
Singers Hill Synagogue opens for Birmingham's growing Jewish community.
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