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he Victorian Age - Zanichelli
Vic toria n AgeTIMELINE1837 Accessionof QueenVictoria1838 People s Charter callsfor social reforms anduniversal male suffrage1839-42 First Opium Waragainst China1840 Queen Victoriamarries PrinceAlbert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha1845 IrishPotatoFamine1846 Repeal ofthe CornLaws1851 GreatExhibition1853-56 CrimeanWa r1856-60 SecondOpium War1857 IndianMutiny1859 Charles Darwin sOn the Originof Species ispublished1860 The Republicancandidate AbrahamLincoln winsthe presidentialelection1861-65 AmericanCivil War1863 First sectionof LondonUnderground,the world s firstundergroundrailway, opens1865 Assassinationof PresidentLincoln1867 Second ReformAct extends theright to vote tosome sectionsof the workingclasses1869 The Suez Canalopens and theUnion PacificRailroad connectsthe East and Westcoasts of the USA1870 EducationActestablishesthe basis ofelementaryeducation1877 VictoriabecomesEmpressof India1884 Third ReformAct extendsvoting to all malehouseholders1899-1902S e c o n d B o e r Wa r :the British againstDutch settlersin South Africa1901 QueenVictoriadiesInteractive Queen Victoria Memorialin front ofBuckingham Palace, London, was unveiledby King George V in 1911 as the symbolic hubof the British Empire.
a week. he Poor Law Amendment Act (1834) had reformed the old Poor Laws, dating from Elizabeth I, with the creation of workhouses, institutions where the poor received board andlodginginreturnforwork. Workhouses and religion Life in the workhouses was appalling on account of their system of regimentation, hard work and a monotonous diet. he ...
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