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The Victorians lived over one hundred and fifty years ago during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901) and it was a time of enormous change in this country. In 1837 most people lived in villages and worked on the land; by 1901, most lived in towns and worked in offices, shops and factories. Read more ..... |
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| 1837 |
Registration of births, marriages and deaths begin in Britain Queen Victoria adopts Buckingham Palace as the official royal residence.
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1838 |
Coronation of Queen Victoria Charles Dickens writes Oliver Twist |
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1840
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 The
first postage stamps (Penny Post) came into use |
1841 |
Britain acquires Hong Kong Edward Vll, second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria is born at St James's Palace |
1842 |
Mines Act ended child labour
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1844 |
Potato famine in Ireland |
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1850s |
 The
first post boxes were built |
| 1851 | The
Great Exhibition Census showed just over half of  Britain's population (of 20 million) lived in towns |
1854
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Crimean War |
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1854
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A cholera epidemic led to demands for a clean water supply and proper sewage systems in the big cities |
| 1856 | Britain
defeats Russia in the Crimean War |
| 1858 | Queen Victoria is proclaimed Sovereign of India  |
| 1860 | The first public flushing toilet opens |
| 1861 | Death of Prince Albert |
| 1863 |
London Underground opens
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1868
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Joseph Lister discovers disinfectant |
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1868 |
The last public hanging |
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1869 |
The first Sainsbury's shop open in Dury Lane, London |
1870
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Education Act means school for everyone |
1871
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Queen Victoria opens the Albert Hall |
1876 |
Alexander
Bell invented the telephone |
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1877
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The first public electric lighting in London |
1883
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First electric railway |
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1887 |
The invention of the gramophone |
| 1891 | Free education for every child |
| 1901 | Population of Britain 40 million |
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