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| 1830 |
| | Earl Grey becomes British prime minister at the head of a Whig government committed to reform | |
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| 1831 |
| | Old Sarum, the most notorious of Britain's rotten boroughs, has just seven voters but returns two members to parliament | |
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| 1831 |
| | The first Whig Reform Bill is carried in the British House of Commons by a single vote | |
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| 1832 |
| | After several rejections by Britain's House of Lords, the Reform Bill finally passes and receives royal assent | |
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| 1834 |
| | Lord Melbourne becomes Britain's prime minister, at the head of the same Whig administration after the resignation of Earl Grey | |
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| 1834 |
| | Prime minister Lord Melbourne has diffculties in holding his government together and is dismissed by William IV | |
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| 1834 |
| | William IV invites the Tory leader Robert Peel to form a government in place of the Whigs | |
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| 1834 |
| | In London a great fire destroys most of the Palace of Westminster, including the two houses of parliament | |
| | The Houses of Parliament, 1834 Guildhall Library
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| 1835 |
| | Election results in Britain mean that Robert Peel is unable to form a Tory government, and Lord Melbourne returns as Britain's prime minister | |
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| 1837 |
| | The 18-year-old Victoria comes to the throne in Britain, beginning the long Victorian era | |
| | Winterhalter Queen Victoria (detail) National Maritime Museum
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