| 1837 |
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Queen Victoria comes to British throne |
| 1837 |
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Death of John Constable (artist) |
| 1839 |
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British force Chinese to expand trade in Opium Wars |
| 1840 |
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Victoria marries Albert of Saxe-Coburg |
| 1840 |
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End of British practice of deporting convicts to Australia |
| 1841 |
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China cedes Hong Kong to Britain |
| 1846 |
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Great Potato Famine in Ireland |
| 1848 |
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Pre-Raphaelites advocate return to simple naturalism in art |
| 1850 |
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Death of William Wordsworth (poet) |
| 1851 |
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Death of William Turner (artist) |
| 1851 |
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First Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, London |
| 1856 |
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William Gladstone grants home rule to Ireland |
| 1859 |
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Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" |
| 1867 |
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Death of Michael Faraday (physicist) |
| 1868 |
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Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime Minister |
| 1870 |
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Death of Charles Dickens (writer) |
| 1871 |
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Trade unions legalized in Britain |
| 1874 |
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Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime minister for second time |
| 1878 |
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Salvation Army founded by Rev William Booth |
| 1879 |
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Britain and France take control of Egypt and Suez Canal |
| 1881 |
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William Gladstone becomes Prime Minister of Britain |
| 1883 |
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Revolt against British rule in Sudan |
| 1884 |
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Third Parliamentary Reform Bill passed |
| 1887 |
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes first Shelock Holmes book |
| 1890 |
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London Underground (electric subway system) opens |
| 1892 |
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Death of Alfred Lord Tennyson (poet) |
| 1893 |
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British Labour Party formed |
| 1901 |
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Death of Queen Victoria |
