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Hace 4 días · Built in 1888 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent was renovated in the late nineteen-nineties and has been at the heart of the Cultural Quarter. It has established itself as one of the most popular venues on the touring circuit playing host to the likes of Paul Weller, Morrissey and Jimmy Carr.
Hace 5 días · The Victorian era, the period between about 1820 and 1914 corresponding roughly but not exactly to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901), saw Great Britain transformed from a ...
Hace 5 días · After 1526 the Corps began to do duty at court on foot, carrying a battle-axe, as they still do today. The Gentlemen at Arms last acted as a Royal bodyguard in battle in the Civil War of 1642-9. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms provides a bodyguard to The Queen at many ceremonial occasions.
Hace 6 días · With a fun and relaxed atmosphere, Queen Victoria Place Restaurant features casual pub-style fare created with fresh local produce and ingredients. Offering both indoor and outdoor dining, our terrace is the perfect vantage point to enjoy free concerts and fireworks throughout the summer.
Hace 3 días · The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901 which signified the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians—actually begins with the passage of the Reform Act ...
Hace 4 días · Queen Victoria was the first monarch to give birth to a child under anesthesia. Prince Leopold, the Queen’s eighth child, was born in 1853 after her physician Dr. John Snow had administered chloroform by holding a handkerchief saturated with the chemical over the royal mouth. The results were so satisfactory that the Queen asked for chloroform for her next delivery as well, after which the ...
Hace 5 días · The queen's oldest son, George, became the Prince Regent in 1811 when his father's health irretrievably worsened. He eventually became King George IV upon his father's death in 1820.
