January

Rumour of the greased cartridges starts in Dum Dum

February – March

26+27 February	Sepoys of the 19th Native Infantry at Berhampore refuse rifle practice
6 March	Sir Henry Lawrence takes over as Chief Commissioner at Lucknow
29 March	At Barrackpore, in Bengal, Mangal Pandey wounds two British mutiny of 34th Native Infantry
31 March	19th Native Infantry disbanded

April

Unrest and incendiarism in Ambala

8 April	Mangal Pandey hanged at Barrackpore
21 April	Jemadar Ishwari Prashad hanged at Barrackpore
24 April	Infamous parade at Meerut -Troopers of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry (LC) refuse orders

The mutiny began on 10 May 1857 in Meerut. There had been rumblings of trouble for some months before, but predicted years before the first shots were fired. As the month proceeded, practically every station in the districts that had once been under British control in the North-Western Provinces and increasingly in Rohilkhand had either fallen to mutiny or was being held by adamant bands of increasingly isolated EICo civilians and their military brethren.

May

2 May	Continued unrest at Ambala, 7th Oudh Irregulars mutiny at Lucknow
3 May	7th Oudh Irregular Infantry disarmed at Lucknow
6 May	7 companies of the 34th Native Infantry disbanded at Barrackpore
8 May	Troops of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut are found guilty by a court-martial to a vote of 14 out of 15. The fettering parade would held the next day.
10 May	The failed uprising in Ambala. Mutiny at Meerut of the 3rd LC, 11th and 20th BNI. Following the destruction of Meerut and the murder of the Europeans, the mutineers leave for Delhi. Telegram sent to Agra from Meerut. An incomplete telegram is also received before the telegram lines are cut.
11 May	The Meerut mutineers arrive in Delhi. Captain Douglas of the Palace Guard refuses them entry & proceeds to shut the city gates, but they gain access through the Rajghat Gate. The 38th BNI, 54th and 74th BNI join the mutineers. Many of the European officers are killed, as are any Europeans, Anglo-Indians and Indian Christians found in the city. The Delhi Magazine is blown up by nine remaining Europeans. Plunder and murder continues through out the day and into the night. Those Europeans who can, flee, while others gather at Flagstaff Tower on the Ridge. By nightfall, Delhi is in the hands of the mutineers, and the Europeans are fleeing.
12 May	Commander-in-Chief General George Anson receives a letter from Ambala in Simla regarding the uprising at Delhi. Another message is then received regarding events in Meerut Two groups of fugitives from Delhi arrive in Thanesar A detachment of the 5th BNI sent to Thanesar Patiala Raja arrives in Thanesar. He leaves 1000 men, 4 guns and a further 150 men to Karnal. Deputy Commissioner MacNeile organises a force of 350 volunteers
13 May	Bahadur Shah Zafar proclaimed emperor at Delhi The authorities in the Punjab are alert to the oncoming storm and The Corps of Guides begin their march from Mardan to Delhi 8th LC, 16th, 26th and 49th NI disarmed at Lahore 45th BNI mutiny in Ferozepore Anson receives further information regarding the mutinies and orders the 2nd Fusiliers to march to Ambala and orders a siege train to be organised at Phillour
14 May	57th BNI mutiny in Ferozepore 45th and 57th partially disarmed at Ferozepore 29 men of the 20th BNI mutiny in Muzaffarnagar Anson leaves Simla Major Charles Reid marches the Sirmoor Battalion to Meerut from Dehra Dun Canning orders the 43rd and the 1st Madras European Fusiliers to be ready for embarkation A steamer is sent to Pegu in Burma to pick up the 35th A telegram is sent to John Colvin in Agra to order John Lawrence to send all possible troops to Delhi A telegram is sent to the Governor of Ceylon to send all available troops
15 May	Anson arrives at Ambala The Simla Panic: rumours that the Nasiri Gurkha regiment has mutinied causes the Europeans in Simla to flee to Dagshai and Kasauli. Although a portion of the Nasiri Battalion had risen over pay problems in Kasauli and Simla, most of the men marched to the plains to escort the siege train from Ambala. Reid reaches Kheree
16 May	The Nasiri Gurkha Regiment regain their senses and march to the plains Troops begin to arrive in Amabala 4 companies of the Bengal Sappers and Miners mutiny in Meerut. 2 companies disarmed Reid arrives in Roorkee Mutiny in Etawah Lieut. Col. James Neil mobilises the 1st Madras European Regt. and sets off for Calcutta
17 May	The Bharatpur Army under Captain Nixon arrive in Muttra Jind Raja arrives in Thanesar and marches immediately to Karnal Canning receives a telegram from Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, offering to send a fast steamer to England with despatches. Canning is advised this move is unnecessary.
18 May	The joint forces of Bharatpur and Ulwar march to Hodul The first batch of the 84th Regiment of Foot leaves Calcutta
19 May	The Bharatpur Army joins forces with the Ulwar Army at Chaumuhan Siege of Jaswantnagar – A.O.Hume and joint magistrate C. Daniells with 5 troopers attempt to dislodge mutineers of the 3rd LC from a temple. The mutineers escape during a thunderstorm The China Expedition is diverted to India
20 May	Mutiny at Aligarh. Outbreak at Coel The 55th BNI display disaffection, amounting to mutiny at Mardan. Colonel Spottiswoode, in his shame, commits suicide. 120 men remain loyal while the rest flee, only to be pursued by John Nicholson with horse artillery and the Punjab Infantry. 150 are captured, and the rest are brought in by the hill tribes. As the 10th Irregular Cavalry had refused to act against the 55th, they were disarmed and disbanded. 40 men of the 55th would be blown from guns for mutiny.
21 May	Hodson leaves Ambala with despatches for Meerut, via Karnal 53rd Regiment of Foot leaves Calcutta 2 companies of the 55th BNI mutiny in Nowshera 5th LC, 24th, 27th, 51st and 64th BNI disarmed at Peshawar. This does not affect the 21st as Brigadier Cotton perceives them as staunch, which proves to be true. At Kanpur, Wheeler commences work on the entrenchment, fortifying the old Dragoon hospital buildings. All women and children are ordered to sleep in the entrenchment, while the officers must continue to remain with their men.
22 May	Reid and the Sirmoor Battalion arrive at Bhola Hodson arrives in Meerut, delivers the despatches for Archdale Wilson and rides back to Karnal 55 men of the 32nd Foot and 240 Irregular Cavalry arrive in Cawnpore sent from Lucknow by Henry Lawrence to reinforce Hugh Massey Wheeler Canning receives a telegram from Elphinstone that the first instalment of troops from Persia had reached Bombay and a steamer was ready to despatch them to Calcutta
23 May	Mutiny in Mainpuri of two companies of the 9th BNI One company of the 9th BNI mutinies at Bulandshahr Magistrate Philipps departs from Etah for Agra Hodson arrives back in Ambala Two companies of the 9th BNI mutiny in Etawah – Hume leaves Etawah; the remainder of the 9th BNI refuse to accompany him and return to Etawah Neil and the 1st Madras Fusiliers arrive in Calcutta. They leave the same day for Allahabad.
24 May	Delhi Field Force under Anson leaves Ambala Hume returns to Etawah with a force of the 1st Grenadier Regiment of the Gwalior Contingent and reoccupies Etawah One cavalry regiment of the Gwalior Contingent mutiny in Hathras 55th BNI mutiny in Hoti Mardan Reid reaches Bulandshahr and remains here to support the authorities in maintaining order
25 May	Delhi Field Force arrives in Karnal; Anson contracts cholera
26 May	Sir Henry Barnard arrives in Karnal
27 May	Anson dies of cholera; replaced by Major-General Sir Henry Bernard Brigadier Archdale Wilson marches from Meerut
28 May	Mutiny in Nasirabad of the 15th and 30th BNI and the 2nd/7th FA Artillery (No. 6 FB) 4th LC disarmed at Ambala Rampur Horse mutiny at Bulandshahr
29 May	Detachment of the 4th Hariyana Light Infantry (LI) and a portion of the 4th Irregular Cavalry (IC) mutiny in Hansi; a few Europeans are murdered and the rest flee. Four cavalrymen from Hansi arrive in Hissar, prompting the troops of the station to mutiny. At the nearby station of Sirsa, the Europeans flee the station; with all semblance of order gone, the town is ransacked and burned down. 5 companies of the 5th BNI disarmed at Ambala; a further 2 companies sent back to Ropar and disbanded without pay for their participation in the agitation in Ambala on the 10th of May
30 May	Wilson’s force engages the mutineers at Ghaziabad /Hindon River Detachments of the 44th and 67th BNI mutiny in Muttra 13th, 48th and 71st BNI mutiny in Lucknow, with the 2nd Oudh Artillery 2 companies 5th BNI disbanded at Ambala Reid leaves Bulandshahr
31 May	Mutiny in Shajahanpore of the 28th BNI Mutiny of the Bharatupur army at Hodal 7th LC mutiny in Lucknow 18th and 68th BNI, 8th Irregular Cavalry, 6th/8th Foot Artillery and No. 15 Field Battery mutiny in Bareilly 4th Oudh Irregular Infantry mutiny near Cawnpore 44th and the 67th BNI disarmed at Agra

In the second week of May, shortly after the outbreak, Lord Elphinstone urges General Ashburner to proceed to Calcutta to offer the services of the China Expedition to Lord Canning. Commissioner of Sindh, Henry Bartle Frere, arrives in Karachi after his furlough in England, telegraphs John Lawrence and without waiting for a reply despatches his strongest regiment, the 1st Bombay Fusiliers, to Multan.
In June, the districts of the North-Western Provinces would continue to be the seat of most of the unrest, but it was spreading quickly; before the first week of the month was through, the devil’s wind now blew not just in the Bengal Presidency, but spread to Central India.

June

In the first week of June, HM’s 64th and 78th from the Persia campaign arrive in India. A wing of the 37th from Ceylon with a battery of artillery arrives in Calcutta.

1 June	Edwardes, Commissioner of Budaon abandons his station due to growing unrest 2nd Oudh Irregular Cavalry mutiny near Mainpuri Major Reid and the Sirmoor Battalion join Wilson’s force The advance force of the 1st Madras Fusiliers (15 men) and the 84th Regiment of Foot (60 men) reach Wheeler at Cawnpore. He sends the 55 men of the 32nd back to Lucknow even though the 74 men of the 32nd at Cawnpore were mostly invalids
2 June	17 men of the 5th BNI mutiny in Saharanpur. The detachment of the 29th BNI, together with the 4th Cavalry do not mutiny. With their help, it is then possible to keep Saharanpur and the district, which included the engineering cantonment of Roorkee
3 June	Mutiny of the 1st LC, 72nd BNI, 1st/4th Horse Artillery and 7th Infantry Gwalior Contingent at Neemuch Alarm at Naini Tal due to the mutiny in Rohilkhand 17th BNI mutiny at Azamgarh 29th BNI mutiny at Moradabad 41st BNI, 9th and 10th Oudh Irregular Infantry and 1st Oudh Military Police mutiny at Sitapur Neil and the Fusiliers arrive in Benares
4 June	37th BNI, 13th Irregular Cavalry; Ludhiana Regiment mutiny at Benares Europeans from Fatehgarh attempt to flee to Kanpur by the river route, in boats after midnight. On the morning of the 4th of June, the troops of the 10th NI begin to threaten mutiny and 4 officers flee, joining the boats. A drunk cashiered officer fires on a patrol of the 2nd Cavalry at Cawnpore. Wilson leaves Ghaziabad and proceeds to Alipore
5 June	10th Irregular Cavalry (HQ wing) disbanded at Nowshera 10th Irregular Cavalry, (left wing), disbanded at Pesahwar 3rd and 35th BNI disarmed at Phillour  The 1st, 53rd and 56th Native Infantry and the 2nd Bengal Cavalry mutiny at Cawnpore.
6 June	Mutiny at Allahabad of the 6th BNI, 3rd Oudh Irregular Infantry and 6th/9th FA 4 companies of the 12th BNI, 14th Irregular Cavalry and half company of the 4th/9th Foot Artillery and half of the No. 18 Field Battery mutiny at Jhansi, and the Europeans go to the fort Following the uprising at Cawnpore, the regiments make to leave for Delhi but are turned back by the Nana Sahib.
7 June	At 10:30 am, the Siege of Cawnpore begins At Jhansi, the Europeans in the Fort, realising that they could not hold out, sent three of their number to treat with the Rani; she handed them over to the Risaldar of the Irregular Cavalry, who had them all killed. Further attacks on the Fort, however, were again repulsed. Jhansi heralds the start of hostilities in Central India and Bundelkhand. At Jullundur, the 6th Bengal Light Cavalry and the 36th and 61st BNI mutiny, having first set fire to the bungalow of the Colonel of HM’s 8th. Colonel Hartley, as a signal to their comrades. They then marched off to Delhi, but killed only one officer, Adjutant Bagshawe. On the way, they meet the 3rd BNI -paradoxically not only staunch to this date but had actually assisted in the despatch of the Siege Train from Phillour to Delhi. The Maulvi Liaquat Ali moves to Allahabad from Cawnpore. He attempts to take charge of the city, and though he has had some control for a short time, he was not rejected as a leader by many Muslims and by the Hindus. At Fyzabad in Oude, the 22nd BNI, the 6th Oudh Irregular Infantry, a squadron of the 15th Irregular Cavalry and a Horse Battery of Artillery mutiny that night but do not murder their officers. They gave them four boats, and some money and told them to be off. At the same time, they request the 17th BNI at Azamgarh to intercept the boats and kill the occupants. The 17th obliged – a few European fugitives eventually reached Gorakhpur or Dinapore in safety, but the majority perished at the hands of sepoys or villagers. The British contingent from Meerut marched into Alipore, just north of Delhi. and effected a junction with the Commander-in-Chief. Barnard. who had brought his forces from Ambala.
8 June	The Battle of Badli-ki-Serai. The Delhi Field Force is victorious but with heavy losses. The mutineers retreat towards Delhi and the Field Force takes over the Ridge. An advance guard of the Jhansi mutineers arrives in Orai. The remaining Europeans are either murdered or flee. Neil sends the women and children of Allahabad to Calcutta by steamer Promised safe passage, the Europeans abandon their position in Jhansi Fort and are promptly massacred instead
9 June	Corps of Guides arrive on the Delhi Ridge, having marched 580 miles in 26 days and 14 hours. One of their officers, Quentin Battye is mortally wounded in their first engagement with the rebels mere hours after arriving The 5th Oudh Irregular Infantry mutiny at Dariabad 1 company 3rd BNI mutiny at Ludhiana Detachment of the 53rd BNI desert their officers at Orai The Malwa Contingent Cavalry mutiny near Neemuch 1st Oudh Irregular Cavalry, 2nd Oudh Irregular Infantry and 1st Oudh Artillery mutiny at Secrora 1st Oudh Irregular Infantry mutiny at Salone 15th Irregular Cavalry, 8th Oudh Irregular Infantry, 2nd Oudh Military Police mutiny in Sultanpur The 12th NI, 1 wing of the 14th Irregular Cavalry and the 4th/9th Field Artillery, half company ( half of No.18 FB), mutiny at Nowgong. Captain Scot and the other fugitives flee the station – the remainder finally reach Nagode on the 12th of July after being hunted through the countryside for over a month Fatehpur is abandoned by the civilians but Robert Tucker refuses to leave.
10 June	The Fatehgarh fugitives reach Kanpur and surrender to the troops of the Nana Sahib. They are imprisoned 1 company of the 6th BNI mutiny at Fatehpur 4 companies of the 1st Irregular Infantry mutiny at Pershadipur 60th NI mutiny at Rohtak 62nd and 69th NI disarmed at Multan Robert Tucker is killed at Fatehpur
11 June	3rd Oudh Irregular Infantry mutiny at Gonda. Officers abandon the station Lucknow police rebel General Neill arrives at Allahabad and takes command 1 company of the 53rd NI and 1 company of the 56th NI mutiny at Orai
12 June	Officers attacked at Rohini but the mutiny fails The Fatehgarh fugitives are put to death on the orders of Nana Sahib. 1st Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent mutiny at Aurangabad 6th Oudh Irregular Infantry mutiny at Lalitpur. Officers pre-empt them by leaving before. Neil fires on the mutineers who had taken a position in the suburb of Daraygunj. He opens fire on them from the fort. Canning sanctions the formation of a volunteer corps in Calcutta
13 June	Nagpur Irregular Cavalry and 1st Nagpur Irregular Infantry mutiny at Sitabuldi Canning implements the Gagging Act, repressing the Indian and European press
14 June	2 companies of the 56th BNI mutiny in Hamirpur 3 companies of the 1st NI mutiny at Banda Mutiny at Sirpri (Central India Agency) 2nd and 4th Infantry; 1st and 2nd Artillery of the Gwalior Contingent mutiny at Gwalior 2nd, 43rd and 70th BNI disarmed at Barrackpore 25th NI disarmed at Calcutta 1 company 31st BNI mutiny at Malthoni Panic in Calcutta
15 June	Disturbances in Dehra Dun
16 June	A.O. Hume in Etawah is informed the 1st Grenadiers at his station will mutiny
17 June	10th BNI in Fatehgarh break out in open mutiny; the Europeans flee to the fort, and the siege begins At dawn, A.O. Hume and the commander of the Gwalior grenadiers leave Etawah. The men of the contingent plunder the station. They are routed by the townspeople and flee the city. Hume and others proceed to Agra. They meet fugitives from Orai Messrs. Passanah and Griffiths, escaping from Orai are taken prisoner by the mutinied men of the 53rd NI. They are taken first to Jalaun and then to Orai 3rd Infantry and 3rd Artillery Gwalior Contingent mutiny at Sipri At Allahabad, the magistrate Mr. Court, opens the Kotwali. The town is empty of mutineers, and many of the citizens have fled. Neil waits in Allahabad for reinforcements. Sir Patrick Grant arrives in Calcutta, Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army, to officiate in place of Anson
21 June	Messrs. Passanah and Griffiths are released but remain in the custody of Kesho Rao, chief of Gursarai. Detachment of the 4th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Muzaffarnagar
22 June	39th BNI disarmed at Dera Ismail Khan Neville Chamberlain, ordered to Delhi, hands over the command of the Moveable Column from Punjab to John Nicholson at Jalandhar Sir Patrick Grant resolutely refuses to take to the field, believing he is of more use in Calcutta. He appoints Sir Henry Havelock to command the army in the field in his stead.
24 June	Sir Henry Havelock leaves Calcutta Neil is informed that Havelock will lead the relief force
25 June	Nana Sahib offers terms to Wheeler at Cawnpore Mutiny at Malthone (Bundelkhand)
26 June	10th Irregular Cavalry (HQ wing) disbanded at Nowshera 10th Irregular Cavalry, (left wing), disbanded at Pesahwar 3rd and 35th NI disarmed at Phillour In Cawnpore, Wheeler and his officers accept surrender for the promise of safe passage by the river route to Allahabad
27 June	3rd and 35th BNI disarmed at Phillour The Cawnpore garrison proceeds to Satichaura Ghat, where they are promptly fired upon. Only two boats manage to escape, and only four men on those boats survive. The remaining women and children are rounded up and brought to the Savada Koti.
28 June	Nicholson’s Moveable Column march to Amritsar
30 June	Sir Henry Lawrence’s force defeated at Chinhat; Lucknow Residency besieged 3rd/8th Foot Artillery mutiny at Almora Detachment of the 4th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Kussowlie Neil sends an advance force under Major Renaud to Cawnpore from Allahabad Havelock arrives in Allahabad Notes received at Agra from the Fatehgarh garrison, pleading for succour. None can be sent
Regiments disarmed or disbanded in June	4th/8th Foot Artillery disarmed at Attock 32nd NI disarmed at Barrackpore 1st/9th, 2nd/9th, 3rd/9th and 5th/9th Foot Artillery disarmed at Dum Dum 4th/7th Foot Artillery, No. 1 Field Battery, disarmed at Lahore 4th/3rd Horse Artillery disarmed at Multan 1st/7th Foot Artillery disarmed at Nurpur 7th, 16th and 18th Irregular Cavalry disarmed at Peshawar 4th/2nd Horse Artillery disarmed at Rawalpindi Nagpur Irregular Cavalry disbanded at Sitabuldi

July

By July it was clear that Delhi would not be taken any time soon and both sides dig in their heels as the siege continues.

1 July	Mutinies at Indore of two infantry regiments and at Jabalpur and Mhow (Wing of the 1st LC and 23rd BNI at Mhow). Attack on the Indore Residency Mutiny of the 3rd Irregulars and the 42nd BNI at Sagar. Brigadier Sage barricades himself in the fort with the rest of the Europeans
2 July	2nd Cavalry and 4th Artillery Gwalior Contingent mutiny at Sasni Henry Lawrence wounded at Lucknow
3 July	Mutiny in Damoh and Patna 5th Oudh Irregular Infantry mutiny at Agar With no reinforcements able to come, the garrison in Fatehgarh abandon the fort and flee by boat to Cawnpore
4 July	Sir Henry Lawrence dies at Lucknow Kotah Contingent mutinies close to Agra The Fatehgarh fugitives become separated: one boat continues onto Cawnpore the other is caught at Manpur where several fugitives are killed. The rest are taken back to Fatehgarh. Calcutta receives notification from Sir Henry Lawrence that the garrison at Cawnpore has been destroyed. The letter was written on the 28th of June
5 July	General Barnard dies of cholera at Delhi, and Major-General Thomas Reed succeeds as commander Battle of Sucheta, outside Agra. Brigadier Polwhele is forced to retreat and the Europeans secure their position in Agra Fort. Agra cantonment and civil lines are burned down. The fugitives captured at Manpur on the 4th of July arrive back in Fatehgarh where they are imprisoned. The Moveable Column arrive in Amritsar
7 July	58th BNI disarmed at Rawalpindi 2 companies of the 14th BNI are disarmed at Jhelum but a spirited fight ensues Havelock marches to Cawnpore
8 July	The Fatehgarh fugitives reach Bithur by boat. Are captured by the troops of Nana Sahib and imprisoned
9 July	Mutiny at Sialkote of the 9th LC and 46th BNI 59th NI disarmed at Amritsar Sehore (Central India Agency) is abandoned
10 July	News of the Sialkot Mutiny reaches Amritsar One wing of the 9th LC disarmed at Amritsar The Moveable Column marches, by forced march to Gurdaspur, following the Sialkot mutineers 10th LC disarmed at Ferozepore Recalled from Burma, Major Vincent Eyre leaves Calcutta by steamer for Allahabad
11 July	1 company 29th BNI mutiny at Saharanpore The Moveable Column reaches Gurdaspur
12 July	Brigadier-General Sir Henry Havelock defeats rebels at Fatehpur, en route to Cawnpore. Joins forces with Major Renaud in Cawnpore 2 companies 5th BNI mutiny at Jagadhri Sialkot mutineers engaged at Trimmu Ghat by the Moveable Column under Brigadier John Nicholson
14 July	Detachment of the 5th BNI disarmed and dispersed at Thanesar Detachment 13th Irregular Cavalry disarmed at Fatehpur
15 July	Havelock defeats rebels at Aong and near Pandu River at Cawnpore. The women and children who had survived the Satichaura Ghat massacre are killed at the Bibighar, including the remaining fugitives from Fatehgarh.
16 July	Sialkot mutineers are destroyed at Trimmu Ghat in a 2nd engagement by the Moveable Column under Brigadier John Nicholson. The Column returns to Amritsar. Nicholson goes to Lahore to meet John Lawrence and find more recruits for the Moveable Column. General Neill leaves Allahabad
17 July	Nana Sahib suffers defeat before Cawnpore – Havelock’s force arrives in Kanpur, too late to save the women and children of the Bibighar Sir Archdale Wilson replaces the ailing Reed as commander of the Delhi Field Force March of the Nagpore Moveable Column commences
23 July	The last of the Fatehgarh fugitives are put to death on the parade ground in Fatehgarh
24 July	Neil assumes command of Cawnpore The 12th Irregular Cavalry mutinied at Segowlie
25 July	Mutiny at Dinapore of the 7th, 8th and 40th BNI Eyre reaches Dinapore by steamer in the evening and is apprised of the mutiny. He offers his services to Lloyd, but is told he is not needed. He leaves three guns for Lloyd’s service and moves on to Baksar
26 July	Eyre reaches Baksar The siege of Arrah commences
29 July	The Moveable Column arrives in Jalandhar First relief of Arrah fails
30 July	Havelock’s victory at Unnao Eyre secures Ghazipur and returns to Baksar and resolves to relieve Arrah
31 July	Mutiny at Hazaribagh of 2 companies of the 8th BNI Eyre marches to Arrah Lord Canning issues his controversial ‘Clemency’ resolution, by which he advises against the execution of mutineers not convicted of murder

August

By August, the tide had hardly turned. Focus turned briefly to the Bombay Presidency, where, in the Southern Maratha Confederacy, there would be trouble in Kolhapur. Nicholson finally arrives with the final reinforcements for Delhi, but at Lucknow, the siege continues. Sir Colin Campbell arrives in India to take over as Commander-in-Chief of the forces of India.

1 August	Mutiny of a portion of the 27th Bombay Native Infantry at Kolhapur (Bombay Presidency) – the only instance of mutiny of any regiment in the Bombay Presidency. It was unsuccessful and completely quashed by mid-August.
2 August	Ramghur Light Infantry mutiny at Ranchi 2 companies of Irregular Cavalry and a detachment of the 12th Irregular Cavalry disarmed at Gorakhpur Major General James Outram arrives in Calcutta 63rd NI and 11th Irregular Calvary disarmed at Berhampore 6 miles from Arrah, Eyre engages the rebels and the force of Kunwar Singh. Although greatly outnumbered, Eyre routs the mutineers and Kunwar Singh Relief of Mhow
3 August	Arrah is relieved by Eyre and the siege ends
5 August	Havelock’s victory at Bashiratganj
6 August	Bhopal Contingent mutiny at Sehore
9 August	4th Irregular Cavalry disarmed at Delhi Disturbances at Ajmere Jail
10 August	65th NI disarmed at Ghazipur Nicholson arrives on the Delhi Ridge ahead of the Moveable Column Second outbreak at Nasiraabad
11 August	Eyre follows the mutineers to Jagdispur
12 August	Eyre storms Jagdispur and captures it Second outbreak at Neemuch
13 August	Havelock withdraws to Cawnpore Sir Colin Campbell, Patrick Grant’s successor as Commander-in-Chief arrives at Calcutta. He waits until October for reinforcements from England. 1 company 3rd NI disarmed at Delhi
14 August	The Moveable Column arrives on the Ridge 5th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Bhagalpur Detachment of the 5th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Doomka
15 August	Detachment of the 5th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Rohini
16 August	Havelock’s victory at Bithur Major William Hodson defeats a large body of rebel cavalry near Rohtak Mutiny at Poonamali near Madras – The 8th Madras Native Cavalry betrayed themselves as having a mutinous disposition and were thus disbanded. It was the only case of mutiny in the Madras Presidency
19 August	10th Light Cavalry mutiny at Ferozepore
20 August	Eyre proceeds to Allahabad
21 August	Detachment of the Jodhpur Legion mutiny at Mount Abu
25 August	Nicholson and his force take to the field and meet the mutineers at the Battle of Najafghar. After soundly trouncing them, the force returns to Delhi
26 August	Insurrection at Mandesar (Central India Agency)
28 August	51st BNI mutiny at Peshawar
31 August	62nd and 69th NI, 4th/3rd Horse Artillery mutiny at Multan

September

Sir Henry Havelock finally reaches the Lucknow Residency at terrible cost; Delhi is bombarded, stormed and retaken, leaving the British with the possibility to proceed to Lucknow, and Greathed’s moveable column leaves Delhi. En route to Cawnpore, they will stop at Agra.

1 September	George Probyn with his family, Edwards from Budaon and Gavin Jones arrive in Bithur – Jones and the Probyns were survivors of Fatehgarh and with Edwards, had been hidden by Hardeo Baksh since June.
2 September	Messrs. Passanah and Griffiths reach Cawnpore Major General Sir James Outram arrives in Allahabad
4 September	Siege train, proceeding from Punjab, arrives in the British camp outside Delhi
5 September	Outram despatches Eyre’s battery of 18 pounders and the 5th Madras Fusiliers to Cawnpore Outram marches towards Cawnpore Eyre leaves Alllahbad to rendezvous with Havelock
8 September	The first siege battery opens fire at Delhi Defeat of the Jodhpur army at Auwa
9 September	Lieutenant Governor John Russell Colvin dies at Agra
10 September	The second siege battery opens fire at Delhi
11 September	The third and fourth siege batteries open fire at Delhi
14 September	Assault on Delhi begins, and Nicholson is mortally wounded. Failed mutiny at Karachi
16 September	50th BNI mutiny at Nagode Outram arrives in Cawnpore
17 September	Destruction of the rebel force at Narsingarh
18 September	The 52nd BNI marched out of Jabalpur and took their place in the ranks of the other mutineers. As Delhi had fallen, they remained in the district Mutiny at Nagode
19 September	Havelock marches to Lucknow 1 company of the 52nd BNI mutiny at Patun
20 September	Delhi captured and cleared of rebels
21 September	Bahadur Shah surrenders to William Hodson Damoh is abandoned
22 September	Hodson executes the princes
23 September	Nicholson dies of wounds
24 September	The Moveable Column under Colonel Greathed leave Delhi, crosses the Yamuna, and advances toward Bulandshahr
25 September	Brigadier Neil killed in the advance on the Lucknow Residency
27 September	1st Relief of Lucknow accomplished but the siege continues
28 September	Greathed advances to Bulandshahr where he engages Walidad Khan who had taken a strong defensive position. After heavy gunfire, the rebels are taken in the rear by the cavalry and flee, abandoning nearby Malaghur Fort. Greathed destroyed its fortifications and advances on Aligarh
Other Events	2 companies of the 52nd BNI mutiny in Sehore 17th Irregular Cavalry disarmed at Shamshaba

October

By forced march, Greathed arrives in Agra. He has had some fighting on the way, but the Battle of Agra will come as a surprise, not just to him, but to the rebels.

9 October	Detachment 9th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Kalabagh 2 companies of the 32nd BNI mutiny at Deogurh Greathed reaches Hatrass. The intention was to join Havelock, Outram and Inglis at Lucknow but is ordered instead to Agra
10 October	Battle of Agra, in which the mutineers are dispersed by Greathed and his force Agra is secured. Greathed leaves shortly after & continues towards Cawnpore.
15 October	Revolt in Kotah
17 October	Two companies of the 32nd BNI mutiny at Rampurhat
23 October	First detachment of the Naval Brigade leaves Allahabad for Cawnpore
26 October	Brigadier Hope Grant and his force reach Cawnpore
27 October	Sir Colin Campbell leaves Calcutta
28 October	2nd detachment of the Naval Brigade leaves Allahabad for Cawnpore
30 October	Ordered by Sir Colin Campbell to remain and not proceed to Agra, Grant encamps his force a few miles from the Alambagh in Lucknow.

November

The Second Relief of Lucknow takes the rebels rather by surprise.

1 November	Sir Colin Campbell arrives in Allahabad
3 November	Sir Colin Campbell arrives in Cawnpore
8 November	Mutiny at Mahidpur (Central India Agency)
9 November	Campbell joins Grant at Lucknow Kavanagh delivers information to Campbell for the relief of Lucknow
14-16 November	Second Relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell Campbell orders the evacuation of the Residency
17 November	Defeat of the Jodhpur Legion
18 November	3 companies 34th BNI mutiny at Chittagong
19 November	Women and children evacuated from Lucknow to Cawnpore
22 November	British withdraw from Lucknow 2 companies of the 73rd BNI mutiny at Dacca
23 November	Destruction of the rebels on the Narbada Battle of Mandsaur
24 November	Sir Henry Havelock dies of dysentery
26-28 November	“Redan” Windham routed at the second battle of Cawnpore and the rebels take back the city while Windham is forced to retire
29 November	Campbell reaches Cawnpore

December

3 December	Women and children of the Lucknow Garrison are sent to Allahabad
4 December	Detachment 11th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Madarigunj
5 December	Detachment 11th Irregular Cavalry mutiny at Jalpaiguri
6 December	Tantia Tope defeated at Cawnpore by Sir Colin Campbell Second uprising at Kolhapur – 500 men, including townspeople of Kolhapur and some sepoys of the British army took temporary control of the town. The uprising was crushed the next day.
11 December	Colonel Seton moves with his force from Delhi to Aligarh.
14 December	Seton engages the rebels at Kasganj The British forces enter Indore
15 December	Indore troops disarmed
17 December	Seton engages the rebels at Patiali
18 December	Walpole leaves Cawnpore and joins Seton at Mainpuri on the 3rd of January

And so the year ends.

The End of the Year