Queen Victoria

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1. 24 May 1819 Alexandrina Victoria is born at Kensington Palace, London
2. 27 May 1819 Birth of Prince George of Cumberland, the future George V of Hanover – three days after Victoria aged 0
3. 23 January 1820 Edward, Duke of Kent, Victoria's father, dies at Sidmouth – his daughter is not yet a year old aged 0
4. 26 June 1830 George IV dies; William IV succeeds, and eleven-year-old Victoria becomes heir presumptive aged 11
5. 4 June 1831 The Belgian National Congress elects Leopold, Victoria's uncle, as king aged 12
6. 9 April 1835 Birth of Leopold, Duke of Brabant, the future Leopold II, King of the Belgians, Victoria's cousin aged 15
7. 18 May 1836 Prince Albert and his brother Ernest first come to visit at Kensington – Victoria and Albert's first meeting aged 16
8. 20 June 1837 William IV dies; eighteen-year-old Victoria becomes Queen of Great Britain aged 18
9. 28 June 1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey aged 19
10. 10 February 1840 Victoria and Albert marry in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace aged 20
11. 1 May 1840 The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp, is issued with Victoria's profile aged 20
12. 21 November 1840 Birth of Princess Victoria ("Vicky"), the Queen's first child aged 21
13. 1 May 1851 Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park aged 31
14. 18 November 1851 Death of Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover, Victoria's uncle aged 32
15. 7 April 1853 Birth of Prince Leopold – Victoria is given chloroform during the birth aged 33
16. 25 June 1857 Victoria confers on Albert the title "Prince Consort" aged 38
17. 16 March 1861 The Duchess of Kent, Victoria's mother, dies at Frogmore House aged 41
18. 14 December 1861 Prince Albert dies at Windsor – Victoria mourns him for the rest of her life aged 42
19. 3 June 1865 Birth of Prince George, the future George V, Victoria's grandchild aged 46
20. 10 December 1865 Death of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, Victoria's uncle and adviser aged 46
21. 25 November 1868 Birth of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Victoria's grandchild aged 49
22. 1 May 1876 Victoria assumes the title "Empress of India" aged 56
23. 12 June 1878 Death of George V of Hanover, Victoria's cousin aged 59
24. 27 February 1881 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein aged 61
25. 19 July 1884 Birth of Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Victoria's grandchild aged 65
26. 15 December 1885 Death of Ferdinand II of Portugal, Victoria's cousin aged 66
27. 20 June 1887 Victoria's Golden Jubilee: fifty years on the throne aged 68
28. 19 July 1890 Birth of Prince George of Greece, the future King George II of Greece, Victoria's great-grandchild aged 71
29. 1 August 1893 Birth of Prince Alexander of Greece, the future King of Greece, Victoria's great-grandchild aged 74
30. 15 October 1893 Birth of Prince Carol of Romania, the future King Carol II of Romania, Victoria's great-grandchild aged 74
31. 23 June 1894 Birth of Prince Edward, Duke of York, the future Edward VIII, Victoria's great-grandchild aged 75
32. 14 December 1895 Birth of Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future George VI, Victoria's great-grandchild aged 76
33. 26 May 1896 Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra (Victoria's granddaughter) in Moscow aged 77
34. 22 January 1901 Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight aged 81
35. 5 August 1901 Vicky, Victoria's eldest daughter, dies – half a year after her mother
36. 14 December 1901 Birth of Prince Paul of Greece, the future King Paul I of Greece, Victoria's great-grandchild
37. 2 July 1903 Birth of Prince Alexander of Denmark, the future King Olav V of Norway, Victoria's great-grandchild
38. 11 October 1905 Wedding of Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
39. 17 December 1909 Death of Leopold II, King of the Belgians, Victoria's cousin
40. 10 October 1914 Ferdinand ascends the Romanian throne – Marie (Victoria's granddaughter) becomes Queen of Romania

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