Victorian Era Timeline
Victorian Era Timeline The period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 1837 until her death in 1901 was marked by sweeping progress and ingenuity. History.com Editors Popperfoto/Getty Images It was the time of the world’s first Industrial Revolution , political reform and social change, Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin , a railway boom and the first telephone and telegraph. But the Victorian Era—the 63-year period from 1837-1901 that marked the reign of England’s Queen Victoria—also saw a demise of rural life as cities rapidly grew and expanded, long and regimented factory hours, the start of the Crimean War and Jack the Ripper . Victoria , who ascended the throne at age 18 following the death of her uncle, William IV, is Britain’s second-longest reigning monarch (surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II ). At just 4-feet-11-inches tall, her rule during one of Britain’s greatest eras saw the country serving as the world’s biggest empire, with one-fourth of the global population owi...
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