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20 de may. de 2024 · Queen Victoria indicated that she would like to present the medals in person and she presented 185 medals out of the 472 gazetted during her reign. Including the first 62 medals presented at a parade in Hyde Park on 26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria, nearly 900 awards have been personally presented to the recipient by the reigning British monarch.
15 de may. de 2024 · William Ewart Gladstone was a statesman and four-time prime minister of Great Britain (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886, 1892–94). Gladstone was of purely Scottish descent. His father, John, made himself a merchant prince and was a member of Parliament (1818–27). Gladstone was sent to Eton, where he did not.
17 de may. de 2024 · Originally a German cruise ship, the ship was seized by the Nazi regime and used to transport troops during the Second World War. She was captured by the British at the end of the war and renamed the Empire Windrush. In 1948, she happened to stop over at Kingston, Jamaica, to pick up some British servicemen. Since the ship was not full, passage ...
16 de may. de 2024 · While the social background of an acceptable debutante expanded, the rituals at court became increasingly formalised in the 19th century – as Fiona MacCarthy notes: “By 1837, when Queen Victoria ascended the throne, the term ‘debutante’ was in general use and young girls would be summoned to Queen Victoria’s drawing rooms, then held in St. James’ Palace, to make their entrée to ...
Hace 6 días · Empire. During her reign, the British Empire underwent an enormous expansion. ... Queen Victoria's funeral took place on February 4, 1901. In accordance with her wishes, ...
Hace 2 días · Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to lieutenant general by the age of nineteen, but he ...
6 de may. de 2024 · You are invited on May 18 to celebrate the Queen’s birthday at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Queen Victoria turned 36 in 1855. The young Queen’s birthday was celebrated throughout Britain’s global empire, which included the lands where Hudson’s Bay Company operated. Come enjoy Victorian finery as we ...
