Life in the Victorian era changed very quickly for a lot of people, and cities became busier and more crowded. Top 10 facts The Victorian era is what we call the time that Queen Victoria reigned: 1837-1901. During the Victorian era, the Industrial Revolution was happening –this is when ...
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However, life had improved a lot for people by the end of the Victorian era. Laws were put in place that made working conditions a bit better in factories and mines, and that stopped young children from working by requiring them to go to school instead. More people were living in cities,...
We bring you the facts about crime and punishment in the Victorian era – from Jack the Ripper, who stalked the streets of Whitechapel for his five victims in 1888, to the pick-pocketing street urchins popularised by Charles Dickens’s ‘Oliver Twist’. Why were the Victorians so fascinated...
When the first passenger railway line opened between Paris and Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1837, few could have predicted the extraordinary changes that would follow. By the end of the Victorian era, Paris would boast some of the most magnificent railway terminals in the world: the Gare du Nord...