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 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom Parents
Children - Victoria, princess royal * 21.11.1840
 Friedrich III., Deutscher Kaiser
- Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom * 09.11.1841 Alexandra, prinsesse til Danmark
- Alice, princess of Great Britain * 25.04.1843 Ludwig IV, Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein
- Alfred Ernest Albert, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha * 06.08.1844 Maria, grand princess of Russia
- Helen Augusta Vitoria, princess of Great Britain * 25.05.1846 Christian, Prinz von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
- Louise, princess of Great Britain * 18.03.1848 John Douglas Campbell, 9th duke of Argyll
- Arthur Windsor, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn * 01.05.1850 Luise Margarethe, Prinzessin von Preussen
- Leopold, Duke of Albany * 07.04.1853 Helena, Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
- Beatrice, princess of Great Britain * 14.04.1857 Heinrich, Prinz von Battenberg
Titles Orders
Chronology
- 20.06.1837
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
- 13.07.1837
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom moves into the first Buckingham Palace in London and is the first British monarch to live there.
- 28.06.1838
The coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- 10.02.1840
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- 01.05.1851
The Great Exhibition is opened in London by Queen Victoria.
- 29.01.1856
Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
- 31.12.1857
Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, as the capital of Canada.
- 25.01.1858
The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.
- 16.08.1858
U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
- 13.05.1861
American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
- 29.03.1867
Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
- 29.03.1871
The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 01.01.1887
Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India in Delhi.
- 01.01.1887
Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India in Delhi.
- 21.06.1887
Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.
- 21.05.1894
The Manchester Ship Canal in England is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
- 22.09.1896
Queen Victoria surpassed her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- 18.04.1899
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
- 09.07.1900
Queen Victoria gives royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
- 22.01.1901
Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
- 22.01.1901
Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
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