Victorian Timeline Flashcards
1
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1761
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Start of the Industrial Revolution
The Bridgewater Canal opened
2
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1775
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James Watt invented the first efficient steam engine
3
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1819
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Victoria was born
Peterloo Massacre
4
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1825
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Opening of the Stockton to Darlington Railway
5
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1832
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The Great Reform Act
6
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1837
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Victoria became Queen
7
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1840
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Victoria married Prince Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Parliament set up a commission to investigate children’s conditions in the mines
8
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1845
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Beginning of the Potato Famine
9
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1851
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The Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace
10
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1859
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Darwin published ‘The Origin of Species’
11
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1861
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Prince Albert died
12
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1876
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Queen Victoria named Empress of India
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
13
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1901
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Queen Victoria died
Her son, Edward VII, became King
