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chronology prepared by Dewi Llyr Evans (Cardiff University)

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DateAuthor EventsHistorical Events
1850 Entropy
1850 Leitmotiv, Leitmotif
1850, January 29 Henry Clay proposes compromise resolutions on slavery and territory
1850, April 19 Britain and USA agree to share a proposed Panama canal
1850, June Lord Palmerston survives a Parliamentary attack on his foreign policy
1850, August 02 Treaty of London between Britain, France, Russia, Denmark and Sweden
1851 George Stokes proves Stokes’ Law
1851 Great Exhibition and construction of Crystal Palace
1851, February 22 Lord John Russell resigns, but returns the same day
1851, July 24 Abolition of British window-tax
1851, August 01 Ecclesiastical Titles Act
1851, December 19 Lord Palmerston resigns as Foreign Secretary
1852, February 23
(to 1852, December 17)		 The Earl of Derby becomes Prime Minister for the first time
1852, May 08 Treaty of London guarantees integrity of Denmark
1852, December 16 Disraeli's first budget is defeated
1852, December 20
(to 1855, January 30)		 The Earl of Aberdeen becomes Prime Minister
1853, April 18 Gladstone introduces his first Budget
1854 Sunday Beer Act (Wilson Patten Act)
1854, February
(to 1855, May 21)		 Northcote-Trevelyan Report on Civil Service Reform
1854, May Britain declares Monroe Doctrine not binding on European countries
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Citation:
Evans, Dewi Llyr. "Author Chronology for Robert Louis Stevenson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 November 2010.
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/newlifeline.php?id_author_0=5096, accessed 19 June 2013.]