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Jenny Lind

1820–1887

the "Swedish Nightingale", Victoria's favourite singer

Facts

Born:
6 October 1820
Died:
2 November 1887 (aged 67)
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 16
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 19
  • At Albert's death (1861): aged 41
  • At Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887): aged 66

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 6 October 1820 Birth of Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", Victoria's favourite singer
  2. 4 May 1847 Jenny Lind's London debut at Her Majesty's Theatre – Victoria is in the audience aged 26
  3. 2 November 1887 Death of Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", Victoria's favourite singer aged 67