June 20, 1837 marks the beginning of the Victorian era. It is on that date that Queen Victoria ascended the throne after the death of her uncle, William IV. Queen Victoria in 1882 The first of his10 children, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, is born. ...
A first edition of Charles Darwin's 'On The Origin Of Species' in the Rare Books Room at the Natural History Museum in London. Nov. 24, 1859: The controversialOn the Origin of Speciesby Charles Darwin is published, presenting his theory of natural selection and challenging the theory of cr...
Nellie Bly was known for her pioneering journalism, including her 1887 exposé on the conditions of asylum patients at Blackwell's Island in New York City and her report of her 72-day trip around the world.