The Victorian Age

Reform Act

Jan 9, 1832

Factory Act

Jan 9, 1833

Dickens published Pickwick Papers

Jan 9, 1836

Victoria became Queen of England

Jun 20, 1837

http://www.biography.com/people/queen-victoria-9518355

Chartism

May 8, 1838

http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/chartists/overview/chartistmovement/

Slavery was abolished in the British Empire

Aug 1, 1838

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833

First railway

Sep 17, 1838

Vaccination for the poor was introduced

Jun 1, 1840

Sir Robert Peel forms a Conservative Government

Aug 1, 1841

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/peel_sir_robert.shtml

Dickens published A Christmas Carol

Jan 9, 1843

Irish potato famine begins

Sep 9, 1845

https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Famine-Irish-history

Emily Bronte published Wuthering Heights

Jan 9, 1847

Charlotte Bronte published Jane Eyre

Jan 9, 1847

10 hours Act

Jan 9, 1847

Public Health Act to reduce death rates

Jul 9, 1848

Dickens published David Copperfield

Jan 9, 1849

Herman Melville published Moby Dick

Jan 9, 1851

First Great Exhibition

May 1, 1851

https://www.bl.uk/victorian-britain/articles/the-great-exhibition

Darwin published Origin of the Species

Jan 9, 1859

Prince Albert dies

Dec 14, 1861

Second Reform Act doubles the electorate

Aug 15, 1867

Women obtain limited rights to retain their properties after marriage

Aug 9, 1870

Trade Union Act

Jan 9, 1871

Victoria is declared Empress of India

May 1, 1876

Education becomes compulsory for children under 10

Aug 2, 1880

Reform Act

Jan 9, 1884

Women's suffrage campaign gains momentum

Oct 9, 1897

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom

Victoria dies

Jan 22, 1901