The Bedchamber Crisis begins in the United…

May 1839 CE

The Bedchamber Crisis begins in the United Kingdom on May 7, after Prime Minister Lord Melbourne announces his resignation.

Queen Victoria asks several MPs to form a new government, and they insist on the condition that the Queen dismiss several of her personal attendants, the ladies of the bedchamber, for political reasons.

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Buckingham Palace Middlesex United Kingdom View →

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Queen Victoria View → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View →

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