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20 May – York Minster 's nave roof is destroyed in an accidental fire. 6 June – the first group of British emigrants from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints set sail from Liverpool bound for Nauvoo, Illinois. [7] 10 June – Edward Oxford fires a pistol at Queen Victoria [8] in Hyde Park, London.
28 de mar. de 2024 · 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.
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10 January 1840 A uniform postage rate of one penny is introduced. Britain's postal system was expensive, ... As a consequence roughly two-thirds of adult males in England and Wales, ...
In 1840–41 he had forced the Chinese ports open to foreign trade, and, by the Treaty of Nanjing (1842), he had acquired Hong Kong for Britain. In 1857 he went to war in China again and, when defeated in Parliament, appealed triumphantly to the country. He also intervened in Russia.
Victorian England. The Victorian era spans the 63 years of Queen Victoria’s reign over Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. It was a time of great power and wealth for Britain as it expanded its empire across the globe.
Late Victorian Britain. State and society. From the 1880s a mounting sense of the limits of the liberal, regulative state became apparent. One reflection of this awareness was the increasing perception of national decline, relative to the increasing strength of other European countries and the United States.
Introduction. Architecture. War. Religion. Daily LIfe. Power and Politics. Parks and Gardens. Food and Health. Commerce. AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTORIAN ENGLAND (1837–1901) Queen Victoria ruled Britain for over 60 years. During this long reign, the country acquired unprecedented power and wealth.
