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| 1838 |
| | | Seven Manchester merchants and mill-owners found the Anti-Corn Law League | |
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| 1839 |
| | | The British seize the strategic port of Aden and administer it as a province annexed to India | |
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| 1839 |
| | | A British army invades Afghanistan and instals a puppet ruler, Shuja Shah, as the Afghan amir | |
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| 1839 |
| | | British troops invade China after the Chinese authorities seize and destroy the opium stocks of British merchants in Canton | |
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| 1839 |
| | | In the Bedchamber Crisis, Queen Victoria shows steely determination in refusing to dismiss politically committed ladies of her bedchamber | |
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| 1840 |
| | | Queen Victoria gives Kew Gardens to the nation, as a botanic garden of scientific importance | |
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| 1840 |
| | | Rowland Hill introduces in Britain the world's first postage stamps - the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue | |
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| 1840 |
| | | Victoria marries Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and soon, with nine children, they provide the very image of the ideal Victorian family | |
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| 1841 |
| | | Robert Peel replaces Lord Melbourne as prime minister after a Conservative victory in the British general election | |
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| 1841 |
| | | Fox Talbot patents the 'calotype', introducing the negative-positive process that becomes standard in photography | |
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