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Birth of the future Queen
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Birth and death of Queen Victoria
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Oliver Twist was published
Charles Dickens finished his long work on his great novel named "Adventures of Oliver Twist" -
Coronation
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Queen's Movement into Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria, the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace, moved into the newly completed palace upon her accession in 1837. -
Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)
Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, was a British Army officer.After an early career in the Royal Navy, Wood joined the British Army. He served in several major conflicts including the Indian Mutiny where, as a lieutenant, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that is awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He further served as a commander in several other conflicts -
First Anglo-Afghan War
The First Anglo–Afghan War (also known as Auckland's Folly) was fought between British East India Company and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842, which resulted in the deaths of 4,500 British and Indian soldiers, plus 12,000 of their camp followers by the warring Afghan tribal fighters. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia. -
Queen's Marriage
Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha -
Chartism
Chartism was a Victorian era working class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848. It takes its name from the People's Charter of 1838. The term "Chartism" is the umbrella name for numerous loosely-coordinated local groups, often named "Working Men's Association," articulating grievances in many cities from 1837. Its peak activity came in 1839, 1842 and 1848. It began among skilled artisans in small shops, such as shoemakers, printers, and tailors. -
The first child of Victoria and Albert
Victoria, Princess Royal was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert. She was created Princess Royal of the United Kingdom in 1841. She became German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III. After her husband's death, she became widely known as Empress Frederick -
St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and province of the Catholic Church in Great Britain and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia. Built by Augustus Welby Pugin and substantially complete by 1841, St. Chad's is one of the first four Catholic churches that were constructed after the English Reformation and raised to cathedral status in 1852. It is one of only three minor basilicas in England (the others being Downsi -
Punch (magazine)
Punch was founded on 17 July 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells, on an initial investment of £25. It was jointly edited by Mayhew and Mark Lemon. Initially it was subtitled The London Charivari, this being a reference to a satirical humour magazine published in France as Le Charivari. Reflecting their satiric and humorous intent, the two editors took for their name and masthead the anarchic glove puppet, Mr. Punch, of Punch and Judy; -
Edward VII
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V. -
The Illustrated London News
Printer and newsagent Herbert Ingram moved from Nottingham to London in early 1842. Inspired by how the Weekly Chronicle always sold more copies when it featured an illustration, he had the idea of publishing a weekly newspaper that would contain pictures in every edition. Ingram's initial idea was that it would concentrate on crime reporting, as per the later Illustrated Police News, but his collaborator, engraver Henry Vizetelly, convinced him that a newspaper covering more general news would -
Impingement on Victoria
May 29, 1842 another seeker of fame, John Francis fired a gun carriage from Victoria to St. James's Park, but was captured and sentenced to death, but later pardoned -
Great Western Railway
Queen Victoria makes the first train journey by a reigning British monarch, on the Great Western Railway -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
The Webster–Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, was a treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies. It resolved a dispute over the location of the Maine–New Brunswick border, established the border between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods, originally defined in the Treaty of Paris (1783), reaffirmed the location of the border (at the 49th parallel) in the westward frontier up to the Rocky Mountains defined in the Treaty of 1 -
Treaty of Nanking
The Treaty of Nanking (or Nanjing) was signed on 29 August 1842 to mark the end of the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China. It was the first of what the Chinese called the unequal treaties because Britain had no obligations in return. -
The First Christmas Card
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Princess Alice was born
The Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary: Princess Louis and Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was a member of the British royal family, the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. -
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations. -
Victoria tower
The Victoria Tower is the square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London, facing south and west onto Black Rod's Garden and Old Palace Yard. At 98.5 metres (323 ft), it is slightly taller than the more famous Elizabeth Tower - Big Ben (formerly known as the Clock Tower) at the north end of the Palace (96.3 metres (316 ft)). It houses the Parliamentary Archives in archive conditions meeting the BS 5454 standard, on 12 floors. All 14 floors of the building were origin -
The forth Child of the Queen
Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900) reigned as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and was known as Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire -
Great Famine (Ireland)
In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852. It is also known, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine. In the Irish language it is called an Gorta Mór (IPA: [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠtˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ], meaning "the Great Hunger") or an Drochshaol ([ənˠ ˈdˠɾɔxˌhiːlˠ], meaning "the bad life"). -
The fifth cyild of the Queen
Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria; Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein by marriage) 25 May 1846 – 9 June 1923) was a member of the British Royal Family, the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. -
Princess Luisa was born
The Princess Louise (born Louise Caroline Alberta, also known as Marchioness of Lorne and Duchess of Argyll by marriage; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Albert, Prince Consort. -
The seventh Queen's Child
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation. -
The Great Exhibition
he Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fair exhibitions of culture and industry that were to become a popular 19th-century feature. The Great Exhibition was organised by Henry Cole and Prince Albe -
Prince Leopold was born
The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert; 7 April 1853 – 28 March 1884) was the eighth child and fourth son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia, which led to his death at age 30 -
The Crystal Palace
London's first theme park attracted up to 2 million visitors a year, there were organized regular sports, amateur and commercial exhibitions, private receptions annual Victoria's outdoors. -
Victoria Fall
David Livingstone discovered a very beautiful waterfall in Africa (Zambezia) and named it Victoria Fall in honour of the British Queen -
Victory Cross
In 1856, the highest military decoration of Britain Victory Cross, established by Queen Victoria.The highest military appearance
related to the events of the Eastern (Crimean War), in which Britain joined in 1854."Victoria Cross" is the most prestigious award of modern Britain. -
Birth of the Queen's eighth child
Princess Beatrice (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore; later Princess Henry of Battenberg; 14 April 1857 – 26 October 1944) was a member of the British Royal Family. She was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Juan Carlos, King of Spain, is her great-grandson. Beatrice has the distinction of being the last of Victoria's children to die, 66 years after the first, her sister Alice -
Charles Darvin`s evolution theory
He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors,and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He`s book On the Origin of Species was unexpectly popular. -
Death of Prince Albert
Prince Albert was very serious about every case, it is deeply pondered each step before it sovershit.On contracted typhoid fever and was not paying attention to their health.Prints Albert died in 1861 (at that time Victoria was 42 years old.) She always wore Black plate.After death of her husband she rarely appeared in public and led a secluded life. -
Victoria's books about her husband
«Early life of the Prince Consort» (1867) и «Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands» (1868). -
Birth of Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a British politician, best known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, he served as Prime Minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. -
Alexander Graham Bell`s innovations.
Bell developed an acoustic telegraph and drew up a patent application for it.He was the first who inventing practical telephone.Bell was one of the founders National Geographic journal. -
Indian incorporation by the British Empire.
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British East India Company, which had ruled much of India, was dissolved, and Britain's possessions and protectorates on the Indian subcontinent were formally incorporated into the British Empire -
The first weather forecast
The first weekly weather forecast was published bt meteorological service -
Attempt on the Queen`s life in Windsor
Queen Victoria, arrived from London, was getting into his carriage to go to Windsor Castle, an unidentified man shot at her majesty from the gun, no one was injured. The offender immediately arrested by police. -
Oxford dictionary first publication
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"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published
Novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Marc Twain was puslished in England. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective). It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -
Opening the rail tunnel
The opening of the rail tunnel Severn - the largest in Britain.The Severn Tunnel is a railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales under the estuary of the River Severn. -
Lancaster Watch Camera
Such tiny cameras used for spy cases. -
Empress of India
Queen Victoria became the Empress of India. -
Gold Jubilee of Queen Victoria
To celebrate The Queen`s Jubilee 25,000 Indian prisoners were given freedom. -
Jack the Ripper
The main victims of the Ripper were prostitutes from the slums. The killer cut his throat before opening the abdominal cavity. There was an opinion that the killer has some anatomical knowledgepeculiar to a professional surgeon.Jack the Ripper -
Birth of Charlie Chaplin
Great actor Charles Spencer Chaplib was born in London -
Art Gallery of the Queen
More than120 years ago in the city was founded Lanseston Museum and Art Gallery of the Queen. The museum contains unique pieces of art, zoological collection - skeletons of ancient dinosaurs, has an exhibition which shows the death masks of Aboriginal Tasmanii.Also there is a planetarium and a train depot of the 19th century. -
Keir Hardie
British Independent Labour Party formed by Keir Hardie. -
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
On the occasion of the jubilee were erected many public monuments. Major event the day was the procession of the royal familyand and the heads of the Dominions and Indian states on the London streets. -
The Boer War
The British Empire attacked the Orange Free State in Africa,aimed to conquer their natural resourses such as diamonds. -
Death of Queen Victoria
The death of Queen Victoria on the 82-year of her life was seen in Britain as the world's end. most of her subjects were born during her reign, and could not imagine that on the throne could be someone else.
