Who's Who
A Register of Persons of the Victorian Age
269 persons
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Abdul Karim † 1909 the "Munshi", Victoria's Indian secretary and teacher
Died: 20 April 1909
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Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 16th President of the United States – on the same day as Darwin
Born: 12 February 1809
Died: 15 April 1865 (aged 56)
- 1861 Abraham Lincoln takes the presidential oath
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Ada Lovelace 1815–1852 mathematician, the first programmer
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Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge 1774–1850 son of George III, Victoria's uncle
Born: 24 February 1774
Died: 8 July 1850 (aged 76)
- 1818 Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, marries Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
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Prince Albert 1819–1861 Victoria's husband, the Prince Consort
Born: 26 August 1819
Died: 14 December 1861 (aged 42)
- 1836 Prince Albert and his brother Ernest first come to visit at Kensington – Victoria and Albert's first meeting
- 1839 Victoria proposes to Prince Albert at Windsor
- 1843 Brunel's SS Great Britain is launched in the presence of Prince Albert
- 1844 Eos, Prince Albert's favourite greyhound, dies – her bronze statue still stands at Osborne
- 1861 Prince Albert's funeral in St George's Chapel, Windsor
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Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein 1869–1931 Victoria's grandchild
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Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence 1864–1892 Victoria's grandchild
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Prince Albert, Duke of York 1895–1952 the future George VI, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Alexander Graham Bell 1847–1922 inventor (the telephone)
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Alexander II 1818–1881 Tsar of Russia, the Liberator of the serfs
Born: 29 April 1818
Died: 13 March 1881 (aged 62)
- 1855 Alexander II ascends the Russian throne on the death of his father, Nicholas I
- 1856 Alexander II is crowned Tsar of Russia in Moscow
- 1861 Alexander II's manifesto frees the Russian serfs
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Prince Alexander John of Wales 1871–1871 Victoria's grandchild
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Prince Alexander of Battenberg 1886–1960 Victoria's grandchild
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Prince Alexander of Denmark 1903–1991 the future King Olav V of Norway, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Prince Alexander of Greece 1893–1920 the future King of Greece, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Alexander von Humboldt 1769–1859 German naturalist and traveller
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Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly 1813–1871 Victoria's cousin, the future Austrian foreign minister
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Alexandra of Denmark 1844–1925 wife of Edward VII, Queen consort
Born: 1 December 1844
Died: 20 November 1925 (aged 80)
- 1863 Bertie, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Alexandra of Denmark at Windsor
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Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh 1878–1942 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 1 September 1878
Died: 16 April 1942 (aged 63)
- 1896 Wedding of Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Alfonso, Prince of Asturias 1907–1938 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Prince Alfred (son of George III) 1780–1782 son of George III
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Alfred Nobel 1833–1896 Swedish chemist, inventor of dynamite, founder of the Nobel Prize
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Alfred Tennyson 1809–1892 poet, Victoria's Poet Laureate
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Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh 1844–1900 Victoria's son, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1874–1899 Victoria's grandchild
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Princess Alice 1843–1878 Victoria's daughter, Grand Duchess of Hesse
Born: 25 April 1843
Died: 14 December 1878 (aged 35)
- 1862 The sombre wedding of Princess Alice and Prince Louis of Hesse at Osborne
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Princess Alice of Albany 1883–1981 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 25 February 1883
Died: 3 January 1981 (aged 97)
- 1904 Wedding of Princess Alice of Albany and Prince Alexander of Teck
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Princess Alice of Battenberg 1885–1969 mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Princess Alix of Hesse 1872–1918 the future Tsarina Alexandra, Victoria's grandchild
Born: 6 June 1872
Died: 17 July 1918 (aged 46)
- 1894 Wedding of Princess Alix of Hesse, the future Tsarina Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas II
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Princess Amelia 1783–1810 youngest child of George III
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Anne Brontë 1820–1849 novelist
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Antoinette, Duchess of Württemberg 1779–1824 Victoria's aunt
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Arthur Conan Doyle 1859–1930 writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes
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Prince Arthur of Connaught 1883–1938 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 13 January 1883
Died: 12 September 1938 (aged 55)
- 1913 Wedding of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Alexandra, Duchess of Fife
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Arthur Sullivan 1842–1900 composer (Gilbert and Sullivan)
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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught 1850–1942 Victoria's son, Duke of Connaught
Born: 1 May 1850
Died: 16 January 1942 (aged 91)
- 1879 Wedding of Prince Arthur and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
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Artúr Görgei 1818–1916 Honvéd general, commander-in-chief in the war of independence of 1848–49
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Prince August of Saxe-Coburg-Koháry 1818–1881 Victoria's cousin, father of the future Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
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Augusta 1757–1831 grandmother of Victoria and Albert
Born: 19 January 1757
Died: 16 November 1831 (aged 74)
- 1766 Birth of Charlotte Augusta Matilda, the Princess Royal
- 1768 Birth of Princess Augusta Sophia
- 1777 Prince Francis marries Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf at Ebersdorf
- 1818 Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, marries Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
- 1822 Birth of Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Victoria's cousin
- 1840 Death of Princess Augusta Sophia
- 1843 Princess Augusta of Cambridge marries Frederick William, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1881 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1916 Death of Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Victoria's cousin
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Princess Augusta Sophia 1768–1840 daughter of George III, Victoria's aunt
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Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1822–1916 Victoria's cousin
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Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex 1773–1843 son of George III, Victoria's uncle
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Princess Beatrice 1857–1944 Victoria's youngest child
Born: 14 April 1857
Died: 26 October 1944 (aged 87)
- 1885 Princess Beatrice marries Prince Henry of Battenberg at Whippingham
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Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh 1884–1966 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 20 April 1884
Died: 13 July 1966 (aged 82)
- 1909 Wedding of Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Infante Alfonso of Orléans-Borbón
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Infanta Beatriz of Spain 1909–2002 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Benjamin Disraeli 1804–1881 prime minister, Victoria's favourite
Born: 21 December 1804
Died: 19 April 1881 (aged 76)
- 1868 Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
- 1868 Benjamin Disraeli leaves office: resigns after an election defeat
- 1874 Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister (second time)
- 1880 Benjamin Disraeli leaves office: resigns after an election defeat
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Bram Stoker 1847–1912 writer (Dracula)
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Lord Byron 1788–1824 poet
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Camillo Benso di Cavour 1810–1861 Piedmontese prime minister, architect of Italian unity
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Carl Benz 1844–1929 German engineer, builder of the first petrol-engined car
Born: 25 November 1844
Died: 4 April 1929 (aged 84)
- 1886 Carl Benz is granted a patent for his motor car – the birth of the automobile
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Carl Johan Bernadotte 1916–2012 Victoria's last surviving great-grandchild
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Carl, Prince of Leiningen 1804–1856 Victoria's half-sibling
Born: 12 September 1804
Died: 13 November 1856 (aged 52)
- 1803 First marriage of Princess Victoria of Coburg: to Emich Charles, Prince of Leiningen
- 1814 Death of Emich Charles, Prince of Leiningen, first husband of the Duchess of Kent
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Prince Carol of Romania 1893–1953 the future King Carol II of Romania, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Charles Babbage 1791–1871 mathematician, pioneer of the computer
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Charles Darwin 1809–1882 naturalist
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Charles Dickens 1812–1870 writer (Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol)
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Charles Edward, Duke of Albany 1884–1954 Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Victoria's grandchild
Born: 19 July 1884
Died: 6 March 1954 (aged 69)
- 1900 Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, becomes reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- 1905 Wedding of Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
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Charles Gordon 1833–1885 general
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand 1754–1838 French foreign minister, ambassador in London 1830–34
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Queen Charlotte 1744–1818 wife of George III, Victoria's grandmother
Born: 19 May 1744
Died: 17 November 1818 (aged 74)
- 1761 Coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte in Westminster Abbey
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Charlotte (Carlota), former Empress of Mexico 1840–1927 the future Empress of Mexico, Victoria's cousin
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Charlotte Brontë 1816–1855 novelist (Jane Eyre)
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Princess Charlotte of Clarence 1819–1819 daughter of William IV
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Princess Charlotte of Prussia 1860–1919 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 24 July 1860
Died: 1 October 1919 (aged 59)
- 1791 Frederick, Duke of York, marries Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia
- 1878 Wedding of Princess Charlotte of Prussia and Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen
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Princess Charlotte of Wales 1796–1817 only child of George IV
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Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg 1766–1828 eldest daughter of George III, the Princess Royal
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Baron Christian Friedrich von Stockmar 1787–1863 adviser to Leopold, then to Victoria and Albert
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Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1831–1917 Helena's husband
Born: 22 January 1831
Died: 28 October 1917 (aged 86)
- 1866 Wedding of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
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Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein 1867–1900 Victoria's grandchild
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828–1882 Pre-Raphaelite painter and poet
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David Livingstone 1813–1873 explorer of Africa
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Edgar Allan Poe 1809–1849 American writer and poet
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Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent 1767–1820 Victoria's father
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Edward VII 1841–1910 Victoria's eldest son and successor
Born: 9 November 1841
Died: 6 May 1910 (aged 68)
- 1900 In Brussels, 15-year-old Jean-Baptiste Sipido fires at the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII – and misses
- 1901 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, succeeds to the throne as Edward VII
- 1902 Coronation of Edward VII
- 1906 Edward VII launches HMS Dreadnought
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Prince Edward, Duke of York 1894–1972 the future Edward VIII, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Princess Elisabeth (Ella) of Hesse 1864–1918 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 1 November 1864
Died: 18 July 1918 (aged 53)
- 1884 Wedding of Princess Elisabeth (Ella) of Hesse and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
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Duchess Elisabeth (Sisi) in Bavaria 1837–1898 the future Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806–1861 poet
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Elizabeth Fry 1780–1845 prison reformer
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Elizabeth Gaskell 1810–1865 novelist
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Princess Elizabeth of Clarence 1820–1821 daughter of William IV
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Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg 1770–1840 daughter of George III, Victoria's aunt
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Emich Charles, Prince of Leiningen 1763–1814 first husband of the Duchess of Kent
Born: 27 September 1763
Died: 4 July 1814 (aged 50)
- 1803 First marriage of Princess Victoria of Coburg: to Emich Charles, Prince of Leiningen
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Emily Brontë 1818–1848 novelist (Wuthering Heights)
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Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover 1771–1851 Duke of Cumberland, Victoria's uncle
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Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1784–1844 the future Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Albert's father
Born: 2 January 1784
Died: 29 January 1844 (aged 60)
- 1818 Birth of Prince Ernest, the future Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Albert's elder brother
- 1893 Death of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Albert's elder brother
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Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1818–1893 the future Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Albert's elder brother
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Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse 1868–1937 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 25 November 1868
Died: 9 October 1937 (aged 68)
- 1894 Wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and his cousin, Victoria Melita
- 1905 Wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
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Eugénie de Montijo 1826–1920 Empress of the French, Victoria's friend
Born: 5 May 1826
Died: 11 July 1920 (aged 94)
- 1853 Wedding of Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo in Notre-Dame
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Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 composer, a favourite of Victoria and Albert
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Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen 1879–1945 Victoria's first great-grandchild
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Feodora, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1807–1872 Victoria's half-sibling
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Ferdinand de Lesseps 1805–1894 builder of the Suez Canal
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Ferdinand II of Portugal 1816–1885 the future Ferdinand II of Portugal, Victoria's cousin
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Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg 1785–1851 Victoria's uncle
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Ferenc Deák 1803–1876 statesman, "the sage of the nation"
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Florence Nightingale 1820–1910 nurse, "the Lady with the Lamp"
Born: 12 May 1820
Died: 13 August 1910 (aged 90)
- 1854 Florence Nightingale and her nurses arrive at the military hospital at Scutari
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Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1750–1806 grandfather of Victoria and Albert
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Franz Joseph 1830–1916 Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary
Born: 18 August 1830
Died: 21 November 1916 (aged 86)
- 1848 Franz Joseph ascends the Austrian imperial throne after the abdication of his uncle Ferdinand V
- 1854 Wedding of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth (Sisi) in Vienna
- 1857 Princess Charlotte of Belgium marries Archduke Maximilian, brother of Franz Joseph
- 1867 Franz Joseph is crowned King of Hungary in Buda – the crowning of the Compromise
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Franz Liszt 1811–1886 composer and pianist – played for Victoria at Windsor in 1886
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1805–1873 painter, portraitist of Victoria and her family
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Frédéric Chopin 1810–1849 composer and pianist
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Emperor Frederick III 1831–1888 Vicky's husband
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Prince Frederick of Hesse 1870–1873 Victoria's grandchild
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Prince Frederick, Duke of York 1763–1827 son of George III, Victoria's uncle
Born: 16 August 1763
Died: 5 January 1827 (aged 63)
- 1791 Frederick, Duke of York, marries Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia
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Fyodor Dostoevsky 1821–1881 Russian writer (Crime and Punishment)
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Prince George 1865–1936 the future George V, Victoria's grandchild
Born: 3 June 1865
Died: 20 January 1936 (aged 70)
- 1762 Birth of Prince George, the future George IV
- 1893 Wedding of Prince George, the future George V and Mary of Teck
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George Armstrong Custer 1839–1876 American cavalry general
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George Eliot 1819–1880 novelist (Middlemarch)
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George II † 1760 grandfather of George III
Died: 25 October 1760
- 1738 Birth of Prince George of Wales, the future George III
- 1744 Birth of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, later wife of George III
- 1761 George III marries Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1761 Coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte in Westminster Abbey
- 1765 George Grenville leaves office: dismissed by George III
- 1780 Birth of Prince Alfred, son of George III
- 1782 Prince Alfred, son of George III, dies aged two
- 1783 Prince Octavius dies aged four – George III mourns him for the rest of his life
- 1783 Birth of Princess Amelia, youngest child of George III
- 1783 The Duke of Portland leaves office: dismissed by George III
- 1807 Lord Grenville leaves office: dismissed by George III
- 1810 Princess Amelia dies – her death tips George III into permanent madness
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George III 1738–1820 Victoria's grandfather
Born: 4 June 1738
Died: 29 January 1820 (aged 81)
- 1744 Birth of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, later wife of George III
- 1760 Death of George II; his grandson George III succeeds to the throne
- 1761 George III marries Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1761 Coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte in Westminster Abbey
- 1765 George Grenville leaves office: dismissed by George III
- 1780 Birth of Prince Alfred, son of George III
- 1782 Prince Alfred, son of George III, dies aged two
- 1783 Prince Octavius dies aged four – George III mourns him for the rest of his life
- 1783 Birth of Princess Amelia, youngest child of George III
- 1783 The Duke of Portland leaves office: dismissed by George III
- 1807 Lord Grenville leaves office: dismissed by George III
- 1810 Princess Amelia dies – her death tips George III into permanent madness
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George IV 1762–1830 Victoria's uncle
Born: 12 August 1762
Died: 26 June 1830 (aged 67)
- 1796 Birth of Princess Charlotte of Wales, only child of George IV
- 1821 The lavish and enormously expensive coronation of George IV
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Prince George of Battenberg 1892–1938 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Prince George of Greece 1890–1947 the future King George II of Greece, Victoria's great-grandchild
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George Stephenson 1781–1848 engineer, "the father of the railways"
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George V of Hanover 1819–1878 the future George V of Hanover – three days after Victoria
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George Washington 1732–1799 first President of the United States
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Prince George, Duke of Cambridge 1819–1904 Victoria's cousin, the future commander-in-chief
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George, Prince of Wales 1902–1942 the future Duke of Kent, Victoria's great-grandchild
Born: 20 December 1902
Died: 25 August 1942 (aged 39)
- 1738 Birth of Prince George of Wales, the future George III
- 1795 George, Prince of Wales, marries Caroline of Brunswick – an unhappy marriage
- 1811 George, Prince of Wales, becomes Regent for his ailing father George III – the Regency begins
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Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807–1882 Italian patriot
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Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901 composer – died a few days after Victoria
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Gottlieb Daimler 1834–1900 German engineer and car maker
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna 1901–1918 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna 1853–1920 Alfred's wife, daughter of Tsar Alexander II
Born: 17 October 1853
Died: 24 October 1920 (aged 67)
- 1874 Prince Alfred marries Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna in St Petersburg
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna 1899–1918 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna 1895–1918 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna 1897–1918 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Gregor Mendel 1822–1884 Augustinian friar, father of genetics
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Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden 1906–1947 Victoria's great-grandchild
Born: 22 April 1906
Died: 26 January 1947 (aged 40)
- 1905 Wedding of Princess Margaret of Connaught and Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
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Gustave Eiffel 1832–1923 French engineer
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H. G. Wells 1866–1946 writer (The Time Machine)
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Hans Christian Andersen 1805–1875 Danish writer of fairy tales
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Prince Harald of Schleswig-Holstein 1876–1876 Victoria's grandchild
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Princess Helena 1846–1923 Victoria's daughter
Born: 25 May 1846
Died: 9 June 1923 (aged 77)
- 1866 Wedding of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
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Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1861–1922 Leopold's wife
Born: 17 February 1861
Died: 1 September 1922 (aged 61)
- 1882 Wedding of Prince Leopold and Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont
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Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein 1870–1948 Victoria's grandchild
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Henry Morton Stanley 1841–1904 journalist and explorer of Africa
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Prince Henry of Battenberg 1858–1896 Beatrice's husband
Born: 5 October 1858
Died: 20 January 1896 (aged 37)
- 1885 Princess Beatrice marries Prince Henry of Battenberg at Whippingham
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Prince Henry of Prussia 1862–1929 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 14 August 1862
Died: 20 April 1929 (aged 66)
- 1888 Wedding of Prince Henry of Prussia and his cousin, Princess Irene of Hesse
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Prince Henry, Duke of York 1900–1974 the future Duke of Gloucester, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Herbert Kitchener 1850–1916 field marshal
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Horatio Nelson 1758–1805 admiral
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Ignaz Semmelweis 1818–1865 physician, "saviour of mothers"
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Imre Madách 1823–1864 playwright (The Tragedy of Man)
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Princess Ingrid of Sweden 1910–2000 the future Queen of Denmark, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Princess Irene of Hesse 1866–1953 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 11 July 1866
Died: 11 November 1953 (aged 87)
- 1888 Wedding of Prince Henry of Prussia and his cousin, Princess Irene of Hesse
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1806–1859 engineer (Great Western, Great Britain)
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István Széchenyi 1791–1860 "the greatest Hungarian"
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J. M. W. Turner 1775–1851 painter
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James Clerk Maxwell 1831–1879 physicist
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James Watt 1736–1819 inventor, improver of the steam engine
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Jane Austen 1775–1817 novelist (Pride and Prejudice)
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János Arany 1817–1882 poet (Toldi, The Bards of Wales)
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Jenny Lind 1820–1887 the "Swedish Nightingale", Victoria's favourite singer
Born: 6 October 1820
Died: 2 November 1887 (aged 67)
- 1847 Jenny Lind's London debut at Her Majesty's Theatre – Victoria is in the audience
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749–1832 German poet (Faust)
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Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 composer
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John Brown 1826–1883 Victoria's Scottish servant
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Sir John Conroy 1786–1854 comptroller to the Duchess of Kent, deviser of the "Kensington System"
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John Constable 1776–1837 painter
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John Everett Millais 1829–1896 Pre-Raphaelite painter
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Sir John Franklin 1786–1847 polar explorer, leader of the lost Franklin expedition
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John Keats 1795–1821 poet
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Prince John of Wales 1905–1919 Victoria's great-grandchild
Born: 12 July 1905
Died: 18 January 1919 (aged 13)
- 1871 Birth of Prince Alexander John of Wales, Victoria's grandchild
- 1871 Death of Prince Alexander John of Wales, Victoria's grandchild
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John Snow 1813–1858 physician, father of epidemiology
Born: 15 March 1813
Died: 16 June 1858 (aged 45)
- 1853 John Snow gives the Queen chloroform at the birth of Prince Leopold – pain relief in childbirth becomes accepted
- 1854 John Snow removes the handle of the Broad Street pump – the beginning of modern epidemiology
- 1857 John Snow again administers chloroform at the birth of Princess Beatrice
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Joseph Lister 1827–1912 surgeon, pioneer of antiseptic surgery
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Józef Bem 1794–1850 Polish–Hungarian general, "Father Bem"
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Juan, Count of Barcelona 1913–1993 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Jules Verne 1828–1905 French writer (Captain Nemo, Around the World in Eighty Days)
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Juliane (Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna) 1781–1860 Victoria's aunt – later Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna
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Karl Marx 1818–1883 philosopher – lived and died in London, buried in Highgate Cemetery
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Princess Katherine of Greece 1913–2007 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Klemens von Metternich 1773–1859 Austrian chancellor
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Lajos Kossuth 1802–1894 statesman
Born: 19 September 1802
Died: 20 March 1894 (aged 91)
- 1851 Lajos Kossuth arrives at Southampton, England
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Leo Tolstoy 1828–1910 Russian writer (War and Peace)
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Leopold I, King of the Belgians 1790–1865 the future Leopold I, King of the Belgians, Victoria's uncle
Born: 16 December 1790
Died: 10 December 1865 (aged 74)
- 1832 Leopold I, King of the Belgians, marries Princess Louise-Marie of Orléans
- 1835 Birth of Leopold, Duke of Brabant, the future Leopold II, King of the Belgians, Victoria's cousin
- 1909 Death of Leopold II, King of the Belgians, Victoria's cousin
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Leopold II, King of the Belgians 1835–1909 the future Leopold II, King of the Belgians, Victoria's cousin
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Prince Leopold of Battenberg 1889–1922 Victoria's grandchild
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Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Koháry 1824–1884 Victoria's cousin
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany 1853–1884 Victoria's youngest son
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Lewis Carroll 1832–1898 writer (Alice in Wonderland)
Born: 27 January 1832
Died: 14 January 1898 (aged 65)
- 1862 A boat trip in Oxford: Lewis Carroll first tells Alice Liddell the story of Alice in Wonderland
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Louis Daguerre 1787–1851 inventor of the daguerreotype
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Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse 1837–1892 Alice's husband
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Prince Louis of Battenberg 1900–1979 the future Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Louis Pasteur 1822–1895 French chemist and microbiologist
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Louis Philippe 1773–1850 King of the French – died in exile in England, at Claremont
Born: 6 October 1773
Died: 26 August 1850 (aged 76)
- 1830 Louis Philippe becomes King of the French after the July Revolution
- 1840 Princess Victoria of Coburg marries Louis, Duke of Nemours, son of King Louis Philippe of France
- 1843 Victoria visits Louis Philippe at the Château d'Eu – the first meeting of English and French sovereigns since Henry VIII
- 1848 Louis Philippe abdicates and flees to England
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Princess Louise 1848–1939 Victoria's daughter
Born: 18 March 1848
Died: 3 December 1939 (aged 91)
- 1871 Princess Louise marries the Marquess of Lorne – a rare case of a bridegroom not of royal blood
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Baroness Louise Lehzen 1784–1870 Victoria's governess and confidante
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Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia 1860–1917 Arthur's wife
Born: 25 July 1860
Died: 14 March 1917 (aged 56)
- 1879 Wedding of Prince Arthur and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
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Princess Louise of Battenberg 1889–1965 the future Queen of Sweden, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1800–1831 Albert's mother
Born: 21 December 1800
Died: 30 August 1831 (aged 30)
- 1817 Prince Ernest marries Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg – the wedding of Albert's parents
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Princess Louise of Wales 1867–1931 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 20 February 1867
Died: 4 January 1931 (aged 63)
- 1889 Wedding of Princess Louise of Wales and Alexander Duff, Duke of Fife
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Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827 composer
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Princess Margaret of Connaught 1882–1920 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 15 January 1882
Died: 1 May 1920 (aged 38)
- 1905 Wedding of Princess Margaret of Connaught and Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
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Princess Margaret of Prussia 1872–1954 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 22 April 1872
Died: 22 January 1954 (aged 81)
- 1879 Wedding of Prince Arthur and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
- 1893 Wedding of Princess Margaret of Prussia and Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
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Marie Curie (Maria Skłodowska) 1867–1934 physicist and chemist, twice a Nobel laureate
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Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein 1872–1956 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 12 August 1872
Died: 8 December 1956 (aged 84)
- 1891 Wedding of Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Aribert of Anhalt
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Princess Marie of Edinburgh 1875–1938 the future Queen of Romania, Victoria's grandchild
Born: 29 October 1875
Died: 18 July 1938 (aged 62)
- 1893 Wedding of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, the future Queen of Romania and Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania
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Princess Marie of Hesse 1874–1878 Victoria's grandchild
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Mark Twain 1835–1910 American writer (Tom Sawyer)
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The Marquess of Lorne 1845–1914 Louise's husband, later Duke of Argyll, Governor General of Canada
Born: 6 August 1845
Died: 2 May 1914 (aged 68)
- 1871 Princess Louise marries the Marquess of Lorne – a rare case of a bridegroom not of royal blood
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The Marquess of Salisbury 1830–1903 prime minister
Born: 3 February 1830
Died: 22 August 1903 (aged 73)
- 1885 The Marquess of Salisbury becomes Prime Minister
- 1886 The Marquess of Salisbury leaves office: defeated in the Commons, resigns
- 1886 The Marquess of Salisbury becomes Prime Minister (second time)
- 1892 The Marquess of Salisbury leaves office: resigns after a vote of no confidence
- 1895 The Marquess of Salisbury becomes Prime Minister (third time)
- 1902 The Marquess of Salisbury leaves office: retires
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Queen Mary 1867–1953 the future Queen Mary, wife of George V
Born: 26 May 1867
Died: 24 March 1953 (aged 85)
- 1911 Coronation of George V and Queen Mary in Westminster Abbey
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Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck 1833–1897 Victoria's cousin, mother of Mary of Teck
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Princess Mary of York 1897–1965 the future Princess Royal, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Mary Seacole 1805–1881 nurse in the Crimean War
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Mary, Duchess of Gloucester 1776–1857 daughter of George III, Victoria's aunt
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Princess Maud of Wales 1869–1938 the future Queen of Norway, Victoria's grandchild
Born: 26 November 1869
Died: 20 November 1938 (aged 68)
- 1896 Wedding of Princess Maud of Wales, the future Queen of Norway and Prince Carl of Denmark, the future Haakon VII
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Prince Maurice of Battenberg 1891–1914 Victoria's grandchild
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Lord Melbourne 1779–1848 prime minister, mentor of the young Victoria
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Michael Faraday 1791–1867 physicist and chemist
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Mór Jókai 1825–1904 writer, contributor to the Vasárnapi Ujság
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Napoleon 1769–1821 Emperor of the French
Born: 15 August 1769
Died: 5 May 1821 (aged 51)
- 1808 Birth of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French – died in exile in England, at Chislehurst
- 1815 The Battle of Waterloo – Wellington and Blücher defeat Napoleon
- 1815 The Second Treaty of Paris after Napoleon's final downfall
- 1852 The Second Empire is proclaimed – Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French
- 1853 Wedding of Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo in Notre-Dame
- 1855 Napoleon III and Eugénie arrive at Windsor on a state visit
- 1870 Napoleon III is captured at Sedan – the fall of the Second Empire
- 1873 Death of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French – died in exile in England, at Chislehurst
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Napoleon III 1808–1873 Emperor of the French – died in exile in England, at Chislehurst
Born: 20 April 1808
Died: 9 January 1873 (aged 64)
- 1852 The Second Empire is proclaimed – Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French
- 1853 Wedding of Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo in Notre-Dame
- 1855 Napoleon III and Eugénie arrive at Windsor on a state visit
- 1870 Napoleon III is captured at Sedan – the fall of the Second Empire
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Prince Octavius 1779–1783 son of George III
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The Duke of Wellington 1769–1852 soldier and prime minister
Born: 1 May 1769
Died: 14 September 1852 (aged 83)
- 1828 The Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister
- 1830 The Duke of Wellington leaves office: resigns after a vote of no confidence
- 1834 The Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister (caretaker)
- 1834 The Duke of Wellington leaves office: hands over to Peel
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Orville Wright 1871–1948 aviation pioneer
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Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 writer (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
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Otto von Bismarck 1815–1898 Prussian minister-president, German chancellor
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Lord Palmerston 1784–1865 prime minister
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Princess Patricia of Connaught 1886–1974 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 17 March 1886
Died: 12 January 1974 (aged 87)
- 1919 Wedding of Princess Patricia of Connaught and Alexander Ramsay
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Prince Paul of Greece 1901–1964 the future King Paul I of Greece, Victoria's great-grandchild
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Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792–1822 poet
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Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders 1837–1905 Victoria's cousin
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Pius IX 1792–1878 pope, the longest-reigning pope
Born: 13 May 1792
Died: 7 February 1878 (aged 85)
- 1850 Pius IX's bull restores the Catholic hierarchy in England
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893 composer
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Richard Wagner 1813–1883 composer
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Robert Browning 1812–1889 poet
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Robert E. Lee 1807–1870 commander of the Confederate armies
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Robert Koch 1843–1910 German physician and bacteriologist
Born: 11 December 1843
Died: 27 May 1910 (aged 66)
- 1882 Robert Koch announces the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus
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Robert Louis Stevenson 1850–1894 writer (Treasure Island)
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Sir Robert Peel 1788–1850 prime minister – died after a riding accident
Born: 5 February 1788
Died: 2 July 1850 (aged 62)
- 1834 Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister
- 1835 Sir Robert Peel leaves office: resigns after a vote of no confidence
- 1841 Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister (second time)
- 1846 Sir Robert Peel leaves office: resigns after the repeal of the Corn Laws
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Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936 writer (The Jungle Book)
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Samuel Morse 1791–1872 inventor of the Morse telegraph
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Sándor Petőfi 1823–1849 poet
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Prince Sigismund of Prussia 1864–1866 Victoria's grandchild
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Sigvard Bernadotte 1907–2002 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Sitting Bull † 1890 Hunkpapa Sioux chief
Died: 15 December 1890
- 1876 Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull's and Crazy Horse's warriors destroy Custer's cavalry; Custer is killed
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Sophia 1778–1835 Victoria's aunt (later Countess Mensdorff-Pouilly)
Born: 19 August 1778
Died: 8 July 1835 (aged 56)
- 1768 Birth of Princess Augusta Sophia
- 1777 Birth of Princess Sophia
- 1804 Princess Sophia marries Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly
- 1840 Death of Princess Augusta Sophia
- 1848 Death of Princess Sophia
- 1870 Birth of Princess Sophie of Prussia, the future Queen of Greece, Victoria's grandchild
- 1889 Wedding of Princess Sophie of Prussia, the future Queen of Greece and Crown Prince Constantine of Greece
- 1913 King George I of Greece is assassinated; his son Constantine I succeeds – Sophie becomes Queen of Greece
- 1932 Death of Princess Sophie of Prussia, the future Queen of Greece, Victoria's grandchild
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Princess Sophia 1777–1848 daughter of George III, Victoria's aunt
Born: 3 November 1777
Died: 27 May 1848 (aged 70)
- 1768 Birth of Princess Augusta Sophia
- 1804 Princess Sophia marries Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly
- 1840 Death of Princess Augusta Sophia
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Princess Sophie of Prussia 1870–1932 the future Queen of Greece, Victoria's grandchild
Born: 14 June 1870
Died: 13 January 1932 (aged 61)
- 1889 Wedding of Princess Sophie of Prussia, the future Queen of Greece and Crown Prince Constantine of Greece
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Thomas Alva Edison 1847–1931 American inventor
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Thomas Hardy 1840–1928 writer and poet
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Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 3rd President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence
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Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich 1904–1918 Victoria's great-grandchild
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Ulysses S. Grant 1822–1885 Union general, 18th President of the United States
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Victor Emmanuel II 1820–1878 King of Sardinia, first King of a united Italy
Born: 14 March 1820
Died: 9 January 1878 (aged 57)
- 1861 Victor Emmanuel II is proclaimed King of Italy
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Victor Hugo 1802–1885 French writer (Les Misérables)
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Queen Victoria 1819–1901 Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of India
Born: 24 May 1819
Died: 22 January 1901 (aged 81)
- 1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey
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Princess Victoria ("Vicky") 1840–1901 Victoria's eldest daughter, German Empress
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Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg 1887–1969 the future Queen of Spain, Victoria's grandchild
Born: 24 October 1887
Died: 15 April 1969 (aged 81)
- 1906 Wedding of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, the future Queen of Spain and King Alfonso XIII of Spain
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Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh 1876–1936 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 25 November 1876
Died: 2 March 1936 (aged 59)
- 1905 Wedding of Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich
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Princess Victoria of Hesse 1863–1950 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 5 April 1863
Died: 24 September 1950 (aged 87)
- 1884 Wedding of Princess Victoria of Hesse and Prince Louis of Battenberg
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Princess Victoria of Wales 1868–1935 Victoria's grandchild
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Victoria, Duchess of Kent 1786–1861 Victoria's mother
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Victoria, Duchess of Nemours 1822–1857 Victoria's cousin
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Princess Viktoria of Prussia 1866–1929 Victoria's grandchild
Born: 12 April 1866
Died: 13 November 1929 (aged 63)
- 1890 Wedding of Princess Viktoria of Prussia and Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
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W. S. Gilbert 1836–1911 dramatist (Gilbert and Sullivan)
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Prince Waldemar of Prussia 1868–1879 Victoria's grandchild
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Walter Scott 1771–1832 writer and poet (Ivanhoe)
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Wilbur Wright 1867–1912 aviation pioneer
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Kaiser Wilhelm II 1859–1941 Victoria's eldest grandchild, Vicky's son
Born: 27 January 1859
Died: 4 June 1941 (aged 82)
- 1881 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1922 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz
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Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 1882–1951 Victoria's great-grandchild
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William Ewart Gladstone 1809–1898 prime minister
Born: 29 December 1809
Died: 19 May 1898 (aged 88)
- 1868 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
- 1874 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: resigns after an election defeat
- 1880 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister (second time)
- 1885 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: defeated in the Commons, resigns
- 1886 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister (third time)
- 1886 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: resigns after the failure of Irish Home Rule
- 1892 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister (fourth time) – at the age of 82
- 1894 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: retires
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William Henry Fox Talbot 1800–1877 English photography pioneer (the calotype)
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William I 1797–1888 King of Prussia, German Emperor, Vicky's father-in-law
Born: 22 March 1797
Died: 9 March 1888 (aged 90)
- 1861 William I ascends the Prussian throne
- 1861 William I is crowned King of Prussia at Königsberg
- 1871 William I is proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles – the German Empire is born
- 1881 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1888 Death of Emperor Frederick III, Vicky's husband, after a reign of 99 days; his son Wilhelm II succeeds
- 1888 Wilhelm II ascends the German imperial throne
- 1890 Wilhelm II accepts Bismarck's forced resignation – "dropping the pilot"
- 1922 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz
- 1941 Death of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Victoria's grandchild
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William IV 1765–1837 Victoria's uncle and predecessor on the throne
Born: 21 August 1765
Died: 20 June 1837 (aged 71)
- 1818 William, Duke of Clarence (the future William IV), marries Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen at Kew
- 1819 Princess Charlotte of Clarence, daughter of William IV, is born and dies the same day
- 1820 Birth of Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, daughter of William IV
- 1821 Princess Elizabeth of Clarence dies at three months – William IV is left without a legitimate heir
- 1830 George IV dies; William IV succeeds, and eleven-year-old Victoria becomes heir presumptive
- 1831 Coronation of William IV and Queen Adelaide
- 1834 Viscount Melbourne leaves office: dismissed by William IV – the last prime minister dismissed by a monarch
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William Makepeace Thackeray 1811–1863 writer (Vanity Fair)
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William Morris 1834–1896 designer, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement
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William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) 1824–1907 physicist
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William Wilberforce 1759–1833 leader of the campaign against slavery
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