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Hace 3 días · Victoria Day, Canadian holiday on which the British sovereign’s birthday is celebrated. In 1845, during the reign of Queen Victoria, May 24, the queen’s birthday, was declared a holiday in Canada. After Victoria’s death in 1901, an act of the Canadian Parliament established Victoria Day as a legal.
Hace 5 días · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.
- 10 February 1840 – 14 December 1861
- 14 December 1861 (aged 42), Windsor Castle, England
Hace 5 días · Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valour in the British armed forces, awarded for extreme bravery in the face of the enemy. It was instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria at the request of her consort, Prince Albert. The first crosses were awarded during the Crimean War. In 1858, new statutes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 1 día · John Fraser: Canada stands alone in still celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday. That’s a fitting thing, even in our post-colonial times. Canada came of age as a self-governing dominion during the long reign of Queen Victoria. A statue of Queen Victoria is seen in the centre of the Library of Parliament Tuesday May 27, 2014 in Ottawa.
Hace 2 días · Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819, and began her reign in 1837 at 18 years of age. Her reign, known as the Victorian era, lasted for 63 years and seven months, making her the second-longest reigning British monarch, surpassed only by Queen Elizabeth II. In the Days of Queen Victoria, by Eva March...
Hace 3 días · At 6 a.m. on June 20, 1837, an 18-year-old Victoria was roused from her sleep and told that her 71-year-old uncle, King William IV, had died during the early morning hours of an apparent heart attack. Victoria was now – quite suddenly – Queen of England. When Victoria was born in 1819, there had been little chance of her ever becoming the ...
Hace 3 días · Christ Church, Oxford. Trinity College, Cambridge. Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward ...
