I am grateful to 'Corporal Scott Gutzke' of Battery B, 4th US Light Cavalry for gracious permission to use this material which has been taken from its web site. Copyright, of course, remains with Battery B. — Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore (2001).
ILN = Illustrated London News.
| Date | Event |
| 1853 | |
| March 2 | Menshikov arrives in Constantinople with demands on the Porte |
| May 21 | Menshikov leaves Constantinople, breaking off relations |
| May 31 | Russian ultimatum to Turkey |
| June 8 | British Fleet approaches Dardanelles |
| July 3 | Russian army crosses the Pruth into Moldavia |
| October 5 | Turkey declares war on Russia |
| October 28 | Turkish army crosses the Danube at Kalafat |
| October 30 | British Fleet enters the Bosphorus |
| November 4 | Russians defeated by Turks at Oltenitza |
| November 30 | Turkish naval squadron destroyed at Sinope |
| 1854 | |
| January 4 | Allied fleets enter the Black Sea |
| January 8 | Russians invade the Dobruja |
| February 23 | The Guards leave England |
| March 10 | Baltic Fleet leaves Spithead |
| March 19 | French troops sail for Turkey |
| March 20 | French Baltic Fleet sails |
| March 28 | France and Great Britain declare war on Russia |
| April 5 | British arrive at Gallipoli |
| April 14 | Russians besiege Silistria |
| April 18 | Turkish victory at Rahova |
| April 20 | Austria and Prussia declare their neutrality |
| April 22 | Bombardment of Odessa |
| May 28 | Embarkation of Allied force for Varna (ships in the fleet, The Illustrated London News) |
| June 23 | Russians abandon the siege of Silitria |
| June 26 | Allied fleet arrives off Kronstadt |
| July 7 | Russians defeated at Giurgevo |
| July 28 | Russians withdraw across Pruth
Russians defeat Turks at Bayezid in Asia Minor |
| August 13 | Allies besiege Bomarsund |
| August 16 | Surrender of Bomarsund |
| August 21 | Bombardment of Kola, in the White Sea, by British squadron |
| August 30 | British naval failure at Petropaulovsk |
| September 5 | Allies embark at Varna for Crimea |
| September 14 | Landing at Calamita Bay |
| September 19 | Encounter at River Bulganek |
| September 20 | Battle of Alma |
| September 23 | Russian fleet scuttled in Sebastopol |
| September 24 | Arrival of Colonel Williams at Kars
'Flank March' of the allies round Sebastopol |
| September 26 | British arrive at Balaclava |
| September 29 | Death of St Arnaud (Portrait in Illustrated London News) |
| October 12 | Times Fund set up |
| October 13 | Patriotic Fund set up |
| October 17 | First bombardment of Sevastopol (deployment of both armies — image in ILN) |
| October 23 | Departure of Florence Nightingale and 38 nurses from England |
| October 25 | Battle of Balaclava Charge of the Heavy Brigade Charge of the Light Brigade |
| October 26 | Russian attack of 'Little Inkerman' |
| November 5 | Battle of Inkerman Florence Nightingale arrives at Scutari |
| November 14 | Hurricane in Crimea |
| December 22 | Sir Edmund Lyons replaces Admiral Dundas as commander of British Fleet |
| December 24 | Admiral Bruat succeeds Admiral Hamelin in command of French Fleet |
| 1855 | |
| January 10 | Russian feint attack on Balaclava |
| January 17 | Russian attack on Eupatoria |
| January 26 | Sardinia joins the Allies |
| January 31 | Fall of Lord Aberdeen's government |
| February 05 | Lord Palmerston forms new government |
| February 20 | Allied attack across the Chernaya frustrated by snow storms |
| February 22 | Russians seize and fortify the Mamelon |
| February 24 | French attack on 'White Works' defeated |
| March 2 | Death of Tsar Nicholas I, succession of Alexander II who recalls Menshikov |
| March 15 | Vienna conference opens |
| April 4 | Second Baltic expedition leaves Spithead |
| April 9 | Second Bombardment of Sebastopol |
| April 26 | Vienna conference closes |
| May 1 | Fierce fighting on the French left, at the Quarantine Cemetery |
| May 2 | First expedition sails for Kertch and is recalled by Canrobert |
| May 16 | Canrobert resigns command of French army and is succeeded by Pelissier |
| May 23 | Expedition to Kertch sails again |
| May 25 | Capture of Kertch and Yenikale |
| May 26 | Allied naval forces enter Sea of Azof |
| June 5 | Massacre of boats' crew at Hango |
| June 6 | Third Bombardment of Sebastopol |
| June 8-9 | Capture of the 'White Works', the Mamelon and The Quarries by the Allies |
| June 16 | First Russian attack at Kars |
| June 17 | Fourth Bombardment of Sebastopol |
| June 18 | Main assault on the Malakov and Redan defeated with heavy loss |
| June 28 | Death of Lord Raglan |
| July 1 | General Sir James Simpson appointed to command British Army |
| July 14 | Conference at which Omar Pasha asks permission to withdraw troops for Asia Minor |
| August 7 | Second Russian attack at Kars |
| August 9 | Bombardment of Sveaborg |
| August 16 | Russian attack at Battle of Chernaya defeated by French and Sardinian forces |
| August 17 | Fifth Bombardment of Sebastopol |
| September 5 | Sixth Bombardment of Sebastopol |
| September 6 | Omar Pasha leaves for Asia Minor |
| September 8 | Attack on Malakov by French is successful, though French fail at Little
Redan and Bastion du Mat.
British fail at the Redan |
| September 9 | Russians evacuate Sebastopol |
| September 29 | Russian attack at Kars defeated.
Cavalry skirmishing at Eupatoria Omar Pasha's troops embark for Asia Minor |
| October 3 | Omar Pasha lands at Suchum Kaleh, with expedition for relief of Kars |
| October 7 | Kinburn expedition sails |
| October 17 | Allied expedition captures Kinburn, Ochakov evacuated |
| October 22 | Selim Pasha's army lands at Trebizona and marches to Erzerum |
| November 6 | Omar Pasha defeats Russians on river Ingur |
| November 11 | Sir James Simpson resigns, Succeeded by Sir William Codrington |
| November 15 | French magazine at Sebastopol explodes |
| November 25 | Surrender of Kars |
| December 8 | Omar Pasha's army forced to withdraw from River Skeniscal |
| 1856 | |
| January 16 | The Tsar accepts the Austrian demands |
| January 29 | Russian guns bombard Sebastopol |
| February 24 | Paris Peace Conference opens |
| February 29 | Armistice in the Crimea |
| March 30 | Treaty of Paris signed |
| April 27 | Ratification of Treaty of Paris, formal end of the war |
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