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Victorian (1832- 1901)

By haleejordan

  • Queen Victoria is born

    Queen Victoria is born

  • First Reform Bill

    First Reform Bill
    First Reform Bill extends vote to all men who own property worth ten pounds or more in annual rent.

  • Slavery is banned in British colonies

    Slavery is banned in British colonies

  • Mexian army defeats Texans at the Alamo

    Mexian army defeats Texans at the Alamo

  • Photography Invented

    Photography Invented
    Daguerre took the first photograph in the world. The picture above was the one he took.

  • Queen's College for Women founded

  • Potato Famine

    Potato Famine
    Close to one million people die from starvation or famine-related diseases.

  • Electric street lighting began in London

    Electric street lighting began in London

  • Crimean War

    Crimean War
    A battle between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire.

  • U.S. Civil War begins

    U.S. Civil War begins
    The "War Between the States" was fought over the sucession of the federate states.

  • First GIrls Public Day School was opened in London

    First GIrls Public Day School was opened in London

  • Thomas Edison invents the first light bulb

    Thomas Edison invents the first light bulb

  • Karl Benz invents the first automobile

    Karl Benz invents the first automobile

  • Speed Limit

    Speed limit for cars was increased from 4 to 20 mph

  • Queen Victoria Dies

    Queen Victoria Dies