Discover our top ten Queen Victoria facts here at National Geographic Kids. Learn about where the British Queen was born, when she reigned, her hidden talents and more!
1) The Victorians were the people who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the 20 June 1837 until the date of her death on the 22 January 1901. It was an era of exciting discoveries, inventions and exploration following the Industrial Revolution. 2) During the Victorian era, Brit...
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and on June 13, 1842, she became the first British monarch to travel by train. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were accompanied by the great British engineerIsambard Kingdom Bruneland enjoyed a train ride of 25 minutes
Queen Victoria’s son, the future Edward VII, was renowned for his extramarital partners. One of these ladies is believed to have been Lady Randolph Churchill, the mother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Getty Images 35. Big Advice from Honest Ben “Where there’s marriage without love,...
The UK was the first to use postage stamps: In 1840 the first stamps show a portrait of Queen Victoria. The first postage stamp called 'Penny Black' as it was worth one penny and was black. And last but not least: The UK is one of only five countries that do not have a written ...
The Queen surpassed her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-lived British monarch on 21 December 2007, and the longest-reigning British monarch and longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in the world on 9 September 2015. ...
During her early years, with her family as part of the inner circle of the royal court, Lili'uokalani traveled with the royal court, including to the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in England, and also worked on charity projects with the royal family. She met and became engaged to Americ...
On his first album without Queen, “Star Fleet Project,” he appeared as “Brian May + Friends.” It was a modest cover for an impressive lineup which included the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Phil Chen, and more. He’s since continued to collaborate with some of music’s biggest names....
There are memorials to Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington, Robert Peel, and James Watt in Piccadilly Gardens. Manchester’s primary memorial to its war dead is the cenotaph in St. Peter’s Square. Similarly to the one on Whitehall in London, it was designed by Edwin Lutyens. To ...