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The Victorian Era

  • Birth of Victoria

    Birth of Victoria
    Victoria is born and soon to become queen
  • Abolished slavery

    The British empire abolishes slavery, and more than 800,000 slaves in the British Caribbean are freed.
  • The beginning

    The beginning
    Queen Victoria at only the age of 18 becomes queen. Being thrown in because all those next up for the thrown died. History.com Editors. “Victorian Era Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-timeline.
  • Electric Telegraph

    The first electric telegraph is sent between English inventor William Fothergill Cooke and scientist Charles Wheatstone, who went on to found The Electric Telegraph Company. History.com Editors. “Victorian Era Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-timeline.
  • Railways

    Railways
    first modern railway and steam powered train to revolutionize transport
    History.com Editors. “Victorian Era Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-timeline.
  • stamps

    stamps
    the first postage stamp is used and sold for only a penny History.com Editors. “Victorian Era Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-timeline.
  • Prince Albert

    Prince Albert
    Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, her first cousin. As queen, she was the one to propose. During their 17 years of marriage (until Albert died of typhoid in 1861) the couple had nine children. 6y“History: Victorians.” BBC, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/.
  • chartist movement

    chartist movement
    Working people had proclaimed themselves as Chartists at crowded meetings throughout March 1848. The authorities had viewed this campaign with great concern, and some of the propertied classes had come to believe that the Chartists intended revolution, even though the Movement's leaders always emphasized their commitment to peaceful protest. 6y“History: Victorians.” BBC, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/.
  • smallpox

    smallpox
    They legally enforce that all children be vaccinated for smallpox, changing the birth rate.
    History.com Editors. “Victorian Era Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-timeline.
  • declaration of war

    France and Britain declare war on Russia, launching the Crimean War, which largely surrounds the protection of the rights of minority Christians in the Ottoman Empire. Steinbach, Susie. “Victorian Era.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 8 Oct. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/Victorian-era.
  • Evolution

    Evolution
    Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, and people go crazy, springing up lots of controversial talk. History.com Editors. “Victorian Era Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-timeline.
  • New prime minister

    Liberal William Gladstone defeats Conservative Benjamin Disraeli to become prime minister, a position he held for four terms.
  • India

    India, which has been under British rule since 1858, declares Queen Victoria empress, under direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. 6y“History: Victorians.” BBC, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/.
  • Jack The Ripper

    Jack The Ripper
    A mysteries serial killer named Jack the Ripper goes on a killing spree of women, and goes down in history. Steinbach, Susie. “Victorian Era.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 8 Oct. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/Victorian-era.
  • The end

    Queen Victoria dies in the isle of wight ending her era at 81 years of age. Steinbach, Susie. “Victorian Era.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 8 Oct. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/Victorian-era.