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Born
Alexandrina Victoria was Queen Victoria's full name. She was born on May 24, 1819 in the Kensington Palace in London. Her father is Edward, he was the Duke of Kent and King George III's fourth son. Her mother was also named Victoria. Her mother was daughter of Saxe- Coburg- Gotha. (A Book of Famous Queens 153-154) -
The Great Trek
Voortrekkers left the cape colony to free themselves from British control. They founded the republics of Naval, Transvaal, and the Orange free states. (historycentral.com) -
Becoming Queen
King William IV died in June of 1837, so Victoria became queen. KIng William had no heirs that survived past childhood. Victoria became queen at age 18. She hired Lord Melborne to teach her how to be a constitutional monarch and more important parts of being queen. (Biography.com) -
Officially Became Queen
Queen Victoria had her coronation infront of 400,000 people. She was still very young and inexperianced. (biography.com) -
The First Photo was Taken
Louis J.M. Daguerre developed the first daguerreotype photo in 1839. (historycentral.com) -
Marrage
Albert and Victoria get married. Victoria had to propose to Albert becuase Victoria was queen. The marrage happened a year after the proposal. (biography.com) -
Victoria Adelaide Mary Born
Victoria Adelaide Mary was Victoria and Alberts first child. She was born November 21, 1840. Sadly she could not be an heir but her brother was. (biography.com) -
Perry in Japan
Perry was an American sailor who wanted to expand trade with Japan. Japanese naval ships surrounded Perry's ship and that was illegal, so he spoke to Japanese leaderers and they made a treaty where the Japanese have to leave 2 ports open for the Americans. (historycentral.com) -
The American Civil War
The American Civil War was the most deadly war for Americans. 600,000 young men gave there lives to fight for the north for no slavery or the south for slavery. -
Prince Albert Died
Prince Albert died of typhoid fever after several years of suffering from stomach ailments. After this happened, Victoria went into a deep depression. Because of this she did not get much work done and that caused the people to dislike her. (Biography.com) -
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland is Published
Lewis Carroll published "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland" in 1865. Then he went on to write "Through the Looking Glass" and other works. (historycentral.com) -
Charles Dickens Died
One of Englands greatest writers Charles Dickens had a stroke and died at the age of 58. Dickens wrote famous stories like "The Christmas Carol". (historycentral.com) -
Became Empress of India
Queen Victoria became Empress of India because Benjamen Disraeli, who was prime minister at the time proclamed her to be. She had opened up to Parliament at the time about the fear of the titles, so they changed it. (Living Biographies of Famous Rulers 237-250) -
Recieves Golden Jubilee
On June 20, 1887, Queen Victoria recieved her Golden Jubilee for being queen for fifty years. (royal.gov.uk) -
Recieves Diamond Jubilee
June 20, 1897, Queen Victoria Recieves the Diamond Jubilee in honor of her being queen for 60 years. Also for her 60th wedding anniversary they thought "diamond" and "Jubilee" would be a suitable name. (royal.gov.uk) -
Death
Queen Victoria died at the age of 81. She died in the Osborne House in the Isle of Wight. Her health started deteriorating around Christmas time so she could not go back to London. (biography.com)
