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Events relating to the crimean war
In the expectation of British and French support, the Ottoman sultan declares war on Russia - launching the Crimean War
Britain and France enter the war between Turkey and Russia, on the Turkish side
A London editor decides to send a reporter, William Howard Russell ('Russell of The Times'), to the Crimean front
Florence Nightingale, responding to reports of horrors in the Crimea, sets sail with a party of twenty-eight nurses
An inconclusive battle at Balaklava includes the Charge of the Light Brigade, with British cavalry recklessly led towards Russian guns
Roger Fenton travels out from England to the Crimea – the world's first war photographer
Lord Palmerston heads the coalition government in Britain after Lord Aberdeen loses a vote of confidence on his conduct of the Crimean War
English artist William Simpson sends sketches from the Crimea which achieve rapid circulation in Britain as tinted lithographs
The treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War, limiting Russia's special powers in relation to Turkey
Acts of exceptional valour in the Crimean War are rewarded with a new medal, the Victoria Cross, made from the metal of captured Russian guns