THE YOUNG VICTORIA PRODUCTION NOTES - Thecia
THE YOUNG VICTORIA PRODUCTION NOTES - Thecia
THE YOUNG VICTORIA PRODUCTION NOTES - Thecia
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TIMELINE OF QUEEN <strong>VICTORIA</strong>’S LIFE<br />
1819 - Victoria, daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield,<br />
is born at Kensington Palace on May 24th.<br />
1837 - On June 20th, Victoria, at age 18, becomes Queen of England, succeeding her<br />
uncle William IV.<br />
1837 - Prince Albert writes a letter to his cousin, the Queen of England.<br />
1838 - Victoria is crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 28th.<br />
1840 - Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on February 10th.<br />
1840 - Princess Victoria is born - first child.<br />
1841 - Prince Albert Edward Wettin is born - second child and future King of England.<br />
1842 - Attempted assassination of Queen Victoria.<br />
1843 - Princess Alice Maude Mary is born - third child.<br />
1844 - Prince Alfred Ernest Albert is born - fourth child.<br />
1846 - Princess Helena Augusta Victoria is born - fifth child.<br />
1848 - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta is born - sixth child.<br />
1850 - Prince Arthur William Patrick is born - seventh child.<br />
1851 - Great Exhibition opens in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park.<br />
1853 - Prince Leopold George Duncan is born - eighth child.<br />
1857 - Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria is born - ninth child.<br />
1857 - Parliament gives Albert the title of Prince Consort.<br />
1861 - Prince Albert dies of typhoid fever at age 42.<br />
1863 - Edward, Prince of Wales, marries Alexandra of Denmark.<br />
1877 - Victoria becomes Empress of India.<br />
1887 - Queen Victoria celebrates her Golden Jubilee, 40th anniversary of her accession<br />
to the throne.<br />
1897 - Queen Victoria celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, 50th anniversary of her accession<br />
to the throne.<br />
1901 - The death of Queen Victoria at Osborne House, Isle of Wight on January 22nd.<br />
She was 81.<br />
Queen Elizabeth II is the oldest reigning monarch and currently the 3rd longest reigning<br />
monarch in over 1,300 years of English History. She will have to reign until 2012 to reign<br />
longer than George III, 59 years from 1760-1820, and until 9th Sept 2015 when she will be<br />
89 years old to better Victoria's record and become the longest reigning monarch. Queen<br />
Victoria who reigned for 63 years and 216 days from 1837-1901 is Queen Elizabeth II’s<br />
great great grandmother. Queen Victoria is also the Duke of Edinburgh’s (Queen<br />
Elizabeth II’s husband) great great grandmother as well. The Duke’s great grandmother<br />
was Victoria’s daughter Princess Alice.<br />
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