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Coronation of Queen Victoria
I know you said nothing personal, only the major events, but you have to at least let me mention the day she was crowned. Without her taking position, none of the next events I will speak of would not have happened the way they did. But yes, the coronation of Victoria was the day she was crowned. -
The Great Famine
A potato famine struck Ireland, causing a high death toll due to malnourishment -- all under Queen Victoria's reign, who was said to appeal money to help the blight. -
Corn Laws
Corn laws repealed, allowing manufactures to bypass any obstrcutions that hindered their progression amid the grain shortage in Britain. -
10 Hours Act
United Kingdom Parliament restricted the working hours of women and young people in textile mills to 10 hours per day. -
Crimean War
Military conflict fought in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia. Control of access to religious sites in the Holy Land had been a caused tension between Catholic France and Orthodox Russia for quite some time -- the conflict came to be with rioting in Bethlehem. -
Henry Bessemer - Inventor
Henry Bessemer invents blast furnace which helps in mass production of steel - this comes with great advantage. -
Empress of India
Queen Victoria named ruler of India. -
Married Women's Property Act
Married women now control property in their own right and are now legal owners of their money. -
Third Reform Act
In the United Kingdom set in laws which further extended the suffrage in Britain after the Derby Government's Reform Act. Extends voting rights to agricultural workers. -
Free Education Act
The act made provisions for the public financing of primary schools in England and Wales. A grant fee of 10 shillings per year for each attending child between 3 and 15 years of age had to be paid by the Parliament to every public school in England and Wales. -
End of Reign
Victoria suffers a hemorrhagic stroke, causing her death, ending her reign.