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1837 A.D.
Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria becomes queen aged 18 after the death of William IV.
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1837 A.D.
Oliver Asks For More
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Charles Dicken's ‘Oliver Twist’ was published in monthly instalments over two years, beginning in February 1837. As well as being a great story, it drew attention to the dreadful conditions in Victorian workhouses.
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1846 A.D.
The Irish Famine
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Between 1846 and 1851 about one million people died from starvation and disease as a result of failures in the potato crop. A further two million emigrated. At the time Ireland was ruled by the British government, which offered little help in the disaster.
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1859 A.D.
Origin of the Species Published
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Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ was published in November 1859, containing the ground-breaking idea of evolution through natural selection. The theory was a source of great popular interest and debate before becoming accepted as scientific fact.
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1880 A.D.
Education for all
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Education becomes compulsory for children under the age of ten.
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1901 A.D.
Queen Victoria dies
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Queen Victoria dies and is succeeded by Edward VII.
