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Victorian Era

  • Victoria succeeded William lV to the throne

    Victoria succeeded William lV to the throne
  • Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is published

    Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is published
  • The Irish potato famine

    The Irish potato famine
  • Tennyson named Poet Laureate.

    Tennyson named Poet Laureate.
  • First telegraph cable laid across the English Channel.

  • Opening of the Victoria Albert Museum

    Opening of the Victoria Albert Museum
  • Irish Potato Famine

    Irish Potato Famine
  • Balmoral Castle completed

    Balmoral Castle completed
  • Darwin’s Origin of the Species

    Darwin’s Origin of the Species
  • First underground railway

    Metropolitan Railway in London between Paddington & Farringdon St.
  • Founding of Salvation Army

    Founding of Salvation Army
    By William Booth
  • Last public execution

    public hangings stopped
  • Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
  • Jack the Ripper

    Jack the Ripper
    Unsolved London murders of East End women by “Jack the Ripper.”
  • Death of Queen Victoria

    Death of Queen Victoria