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Victorian era, the period between about 1820 and 1914, corresponding roughly to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) and characterized by a class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain’s status as the most powerful empire in the world.
Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, especially, empire. At her death, it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set. Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, on 24 May 1819. She was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, the ...
Victoria's Empire: With Victoria Wood, Les Hiddins, Freddie McGregor, Lindsay Perigo. Victoria Wood is on a mission: to visit the most intriguing places in the world named after Victoria, Queen of the old British Empire.
6 de ene. de 2021 · She was empress of the world's largest ever empire, and her name denotes an entire era of British history. Here, we bring you a guide to her life, plus 16 facts…. At the time of her birth, Victoria was never expected to be queen. Yet upon the death of her uncle, King William IV, she succeeded him at the age of 18.
22 de may. de 2012 · A look back at Britain's first Diamond Jubilee - in which both Queen Victoria and the British Empire were celebrated. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ... Queen Victoria's in 1897.
"Queen Victoria's Empire" is both the story of this remarkable time, and an engaging portrait of a queen who ruled over one-fifth of the world's population.
When the future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace in 1819, she was fifth in line to the throne. However, by the time she was 18, a quick succession of deaths among her relatives accelerated her to accession. She accepted the crown as an inexperienced teenager; when she died, aged 81, she was known as ‘the Grandmother of Europe’.
