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| 1830 | |
| 26 June | Death of George IV |
| 24 July | Parliament is dissolved and a General election is called |
| 9 July/1 September | First/last returns in the election |
| 28 August | Agricultural unrest: first destruction of a threshing machine |
| 15 September | William Huskisson is killed at the official opening of the Manchester-Liverpool railway |
| 31 October | Meeting of Whig MPs. Brougham announces his intended Reform motion |
| 2 November | Address debate: Wellington declares against Reform |
| 15 November | The government is defeated by 233 votes to 204 on the Civil List |
| 16 November | Wellington resigns: Grey is summoned to form a government |
| 1831 — See the Greville Memoirs for an eyewitness account. | |
| 14 January | Reform proposals: committee of four sign their report |
| 30 January | Reform proposals: Grey presents cabinet's scheme to king |
| 1 March | Russell outlines Reform Bill to Commons: |
| 2 March | The debate on the Reform Bill |
| 3 March | Peel's speech to the House of Commons expressing his opposition to the measure |
| 18 March | Government defeated in Commons on timber duties, 236 to 190 |
| 23 March | Second reading of the Reform Bill, passed by 302 to 301 (early morning) |
| 18 April | Russell outlines amendments to Bill to be made by government: General Gascoyne moves that number of MPs for England and Wales be not reduced |
| 20 April | Government defeated on Gascoyne's motion by 299 to 291(early morning) |
| 23 April | Parliament dissolved, precipitating a General Election (see here for an assessment of the ministry) |
| 28 April/1 June | First/last returns in the election |
| 24 June | Reform Bill reintroduced in Commons |
| 7 July | Second reading division: Bill passed by 367 to 231(early morning) see Peel's speech of 6 July here |
| 12 July | Government motion for Bill to go to committee (usually regarded as first day of committee stage, although the House resolved itself into committee only at the very end of the sitting |
| 7 September | Fortieth and last committee sitting |
| 21 September | Backbench reforming MPs meet and protest against suggestion that the government might resign if it was defeated in Lords |
| 22 September | Bill passes Commons by 345 votes to 236 and is brought up to Lords |
| 8 October | Second reading division in Lords: government defeated by 199 to 158 (early morning) |
| 8-10 October | Riots at Derby and Nottingham |
| 18 October | Open letter by Grey, promising a 'not less efficient' Bill, published in The Times |
| 29-31 October | Bristol riots |
| 22 November | Proclamation against the organisation of political unions on military lines |
| 6 December | Reassembly of Parliament |
| 12 December | New Reform Bill introduced to the Commons |
| 18 December | Second reading division: Bill passed by 324 to 162 (early morning) |
| 1832 | |
| 13 January | A Cabinet minute is sent to the king, asking for a promise that peers will be created if this is needed to prevent defeat of the Bill |
| 15 January | William IV agrees to a creation of this kind |
| 20 January | First committee sitting on the Bill |
| 10 March | Twenty-second and last committee sitting |
| 22 March | Third reading in the Commons: the Bill passed by 355 to 239 |
| 26 March | Bill brought up to Lords |
| 14 April | Second reading of the Bill in the Lords: passed by 184 to 175 (early morning) |
| 7 May | Government defeated by 151 to 116 on Lyndhurst's motion to postpone disfranchising clauses |
| 9 May | The king refuses the cabinet's demand for the creation of 50 to 60 peers and accepts their resignations |
| 10 May | Ebrington's motion in Commons of support for outgoing ministers passed by 288 to 208 |
| 15 May | Wellington advises the king to recall Grey |
| 18 May | William IV gives Grey full authority for a creation of peers |
| 4 June | Third reading of the Bill in the Lords: passed by 106 to 22 |
| 7 June | Royal Assent given to Bill by commission |
| 17 July | Reform Act for Scotland received Royal Assent |
| 7 August | Act for Ireland received Royal Assent |
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