Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise

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Born	21 NOV 1840 , Palace of San Antonio, Malta
Parents	Victoria Hanover (Mother) Family Albert Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Father) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

21 Nov 1840

Born at Palace of San Antonio, Malta
6 months

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 4

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 5

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 10

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 11

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 13

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 13

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 13

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 15

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 16

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 19

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 21

14 Dec 1861

Father Albert died
Age 22

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 22

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 26

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 29

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 29

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 31

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 32

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 35

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 36

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 38

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 39

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 41

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 41

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 44

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 47

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 48

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 55

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 58

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 60

22 Jan 1901

Mother Victoria died
Age 60

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 60

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 63

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 66

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 67

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 68

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 68

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 69

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 69

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 70

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 71

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 71

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 71

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 72

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 73

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 74

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 74

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 75

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 75

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 75

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 76

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 77

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 77

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 77

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 78

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight

Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.