3--Question of Trades Unionism brought before the House of Commons by Mr. Wakley and Mr. Daniel O'Connell Feb. 13, 1838
4--First steam voyage across the Atlantic Ocean _completed_ in 15 days by the _Great Western_ June 17, 1838
5--International Copyright Act passed July 31, 1838
6--Chartist Meetings proclaimed illegal Dec. 12, 1838
7--Anti-corn Law League formed Dec. 19, 1838
8--Penny Postage Act passed Aug. 17, 1839
9--Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, by the Archbishop of Canterbury Feb. 10, 1840
=10=--Birth of Princess Royal Nov. 21, 1840
11--Birth of Prince of Wales Nov. 9, 1841
12--Earl of Munster's suicide Mar. 20, 1842
13--Monster Chartist Petition, borne by 16 men and containing 3,317,702 names, denied a hearing before the bar of the House of Commons May 2, 1842
14--Defeat of Boers at Natal by the British troops May 26, 1842
15--Treaty with the United States of America on North-West Boundary, Slave Trade and Extradition Aug. 9, 1842
16--Defeat of Ameers at Meanee by Sir Charles Napier. Loss 10,000 Jan. 16, 1843
17--Birth of Princess Maud Mary Alice Apr. 25, 1843
18--Arkwright's son leaves his heirs £8,000,000 May 24, 1843
19--Birth of Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Aug. 6, 1844
=20=--Imprisonment for debt under £20 abolished Aug. 10, 1844
21--Maynooth College Endowment Bill passed by House of Lords by 131 majority May 16, 1845
22--Faraday announces discovery tending to show that _light_, _heat_, and _electricity_ are but different manifestations of one great universal principle Nov. 5, 1845
23--Birth of Princess Helena May 25, 1846
24--Opening of new Philosophical Institute at Edinburgh Nov. 4, 1846
25--Shakespeare's House, at Stratford-on-Avon, purchased by the Shakespeare Committee for £3,000 Sept.16, 1847
26--Commercial crisis: Bank of England rate raised to 9 per cent. Oct. 31, 1847
27--Chloroform administered by Professor Simpson at Edinburgh Nov. 12, 1847
28--The French Revolution of Feb. 22, 1848
29--Birth of Princess Louise Mar. 18, 1848
=30=--Kossuth claims protection from England Sept.20, 1849
31--Treaty with United States in regard to the Nicaragua Canal Apr. 19, 1850
32--Sir Robert Peel's fall from a horse, on Constitution Hill, June 29, resulted in his death July 2, 1850