Significant Events Across the Victorian Era

By asherlaackman

  • Birth of Queen Victoria

    Alexandrina Victoria was born in Kensington Palace as a princess and potential heir to the throne

  • Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire

    Slavery was abolished and 800,000 enslaved people are freed

  • Queen Victoria is Crowned

    Alexandra Victoria is crowned at 18 years old as a result of all of her other relatives passing away

  • First Modern Railroad Line

    The first modern railroad line opened which started the steam-power railroad revolution

  • Queen Victoria Marries

    Queen Victoria marries her first cousin German Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

  • The Irish Potato Famine

    An infestation of mold wipes out the entire country's supply of potatoes causing 1 million deaths and another 1 to 2 million migrating out of Ireland to Great Britain and America

  • Crimean War

    France and Britain declare war on Russia which caused an estimated 367,000 deaths

  • Invention of the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell patents the first ever telephone

  • Empress of India

    Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli declares Queen Victoria empress of India

  • The Death of Queen Victoria

    Queen Victoria passes away on the Isle of Wright at age 81 ending the Victorian Era. At the time of her death the British Empire ruled over 1/5th of the total land in the world