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victoria becomes queen of the united kingdom of great britian and ireland
Queen Victoria was the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until 1901. She was on the throne longer than any other king or queen in the history of the United Kingdom. She was born in 1819 and became queen at the age of 18, on the death of her uncle, William IV. -
Williams Wordsworth becomes poet laureate
In 1838, Wordsworth was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree from Durham University and he received the same honor from Oxford University in 1839. In 1842, he was awarded a civil list pension from the government which ensured an income of $300 per year. Wordsworth’s best reward came in 1843, when he was made the Poet Laureate of England. -
potato famine begins in Ireland
In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852.During the famine approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%.The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potato blight. -
The U.S civil war begins
The American Civil War, also known as the War between the States or simply the Civil War, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several Southern slave states that had declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). -
Victor Hugo publishes les Miserables
Les Misérables (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that starts in the year of Napoleon's final defeat. Principally focusing on the struggles of the protagonist—ex-convict Jean Valjean—who seeks to redeem himself, the novel also examines the impact of Valjean's actions for the sake of social commentary. It examines -
lewis Carroll publishes Alices adventures in wonderland
Lewis Carroll’s most famous works, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, have become classics with children and adults alike, but many speculate that there was a darker side to the popular children’s author. Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was always more comfortable with children than adults. -
Mohanda K Gandi is born in india
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world. -
Thomas Edison invents the incandecent lightbulb
Thomas Alva Edison invented a carbon filament that burned for forty hours. Edison placed his filament in an oxygenless bulb. Edison evolved his designs for the lightbulb based on the 1875 patent he purchased from inventors, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans. -
Mark Twains adventures of huckleberry finn appears.
•Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a sequel to his best-selling children's book,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was one of the first novels to be written entirely in dialect. Huck is an uneducated boy from a particular region of the country, and the language and sentence structure in which he tells his story reflect that. Because of its plainspoken voice, the book is considered by many to be the most influential work of fiction in American literature. -
L.Frank Baum publishes the wizard of oz
The Wizard of Oz has neither the mature religious appeal of a Pilgrim's Progress, nor the philosophic depth of a Candide. Baum's most thoughtful devotees see in it only a warm, cleverly written fairy tale. Yet the original Oz book conceals an unsuspected depth, and it is the purpose of this study to demonstrate that Baum's immortal American fantasy encompasses more than heretofore believed. For Baum created a children's story with a symbolic allegory implicit within its story line and characteri
