What was happening when Queen V reigned?
Created by Laura Rotunno on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 15:12
Part of Group:
This timeline offers just a few of the many events that shaped Victorian Britain and her people. You will be assigned one of these events to learn about for the
SO THAT HAPPENED AND . . . : THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME assignment.
Jumping right into this event after it is assigned will be vital so that it can be in your mind throughout our readings of our Victorian literary texts. That's vital because you will ultimately be asked how a Victorian who lived through that event would have somehow linked that event to one of our literary texts.
Timeline
Chronological table
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Jun 1832 |
Reform Act
ArticlesCarolyn Vellenga Berman, “On the Reform Act of 1832″ Related Articles |
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17 Aug 1839 |
Act on Custody of Infants
Related ArticlesRachel Ablow, “‘One Flesh,’ One Person, and the 1870 Married Women’s Property Act” Kelly Hager, “Chipping Away at Coverture: The Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857″ Jill Rappoport, “Wives and Sons: Coverture, Primogeniture, and Married Women’s Property” |
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10 Jan 1840 |
launch of UK Penny PostThe introduction of the Penny Post in 1840, the rapid expansion of the rail network in the UK, and the introduction of steamships on the transatlantic routes, created the optimum conditions for writing letters. Prior to 1840, the cost of inland postage was prohibitively expensive; it was calculated according to the number of sheets multiplied by the distance traveled. Additional charges were often levied and the burden of payment fell on the recipient, which did nothing to encourage frequent communication. The Penny Post Act drastically reduced the cost of an inland letter to a universal flat rate of just one penny for a half an ounce, and the introduction of the prepaid penny stamp removed the deterrent to accepting a letter. Articles |
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2 May 1842 |
Second Chartist Petition
ArticlesChris R. Vanden Bossche, "On Chartism" Related ArticlesJo Briggs, “1848 and 1851: A Reconsideration of the Historical Narrative” |
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Jul 1842 |
Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population
Related ArticlesPamela Gilbert, "On Cholera in Nineteenth-Century England" Barbara Leckie, “‘The Bitter Cry of Outcast London’ (1883): Print Exposé and Print Reprise” |
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24 May 1843 |
Pusey’s Oxford Sermon on the Eucharist
ArticlesLaura Mooneyham White, "On Pusey's Oxford Sermon on the Eucharist, 24 May 1843" Related ArticlesBarbara Charlesworth Gelpi, "14 July 1833: John Keble's Assize Sermon, National Apostasy" |
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21 Jul 1845 |
Museums of Art Act
ArticlesAmy Woodson-Boulton, “The City Art Museum Movement and the Social Role of Art” |
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25 Jun 1846 |
Repeal of Corn Laws
ArticlesAyse Çelikkol, "On the Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846" Related ArticlesPeter Melville Logan, “On Culture: Matthew Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy, 1869″ |
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4 Sep 1847 |
Punch's “The Deformito-mania”
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10 Apr 1848 |
Chartist Rally, Kennington
Led by Feargus O’Connor, an estimated 25,000 Chartists meet on Kennington Common planning to march to Westminster to deliver a monster petition in favor of the six points of the People’s Charter. Police block bridges over the Thames containing the marchers south of the river, and the demonstration is broken up with some arrests and violence. However, the large scale revolt widely predicted and feared fails to materialize. ArticlesJo Briggs, “1848 and 1851: A Reconsideration of the Historical Narrative” |
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Jul 1848 |
Founding of St. John’s House Training Institution for Nurses
ArticlesLara Kriegel, “On the Death—and Life—of Florence Nightingale, August 1910″ |
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Jan 1851 |
London Labour and the London Poor
ArticlesHeidi Kaufman, “1800-1900: Inside and Outside the Nineteenth-Century East End” |
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1 May 1851 to 15 Oct 1851 |
Great Exhibition
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was an event in the history of: exhibitions; world’s fairs; consumerism; imperialism; architecture; collections; things; glass and material culture in general; visual culture; attention and inattention; distraction. Its ostensible purposes, as stated by the organizing commission and various promoters, most notably Prince Albert, were chiefly to celebrate the industry and ingeniousness of various world cultures, primarily the British, and to inform and educate the public about the achievement, workmanship, science and industry that produced the numerous and multifarious objects and technologies on display. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Crystal Palace (pictured above) was a structure of iron and glass conceptually derived from greenhouses and railway stations, but also resembling the shopping arcades of Paris and London. The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations became a model for World’s Fairs, by which invited nations showcased the best in manufacturing, design, and art, well into the twentieth century. ArticlesAudrey Jaffe, "On the Great Exhibition" Related ArticlesAviva Briefel, "On the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition" Anne Helmreich, “On the Opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, 1854″ Anne Clendinning, “On The British Empire Exhibition, 1924-25″ Barbara Leckie, “Prince Albert’s Exhibition Model Dwellings” Carol Senf, “‘The Fiddler of the Reels’: Hardy’s Reflection on the Past” |
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2 Oct 1853 to 30 Mar 1856 |
Crimean War
ArticlesStefanie Markovits, "On the Crimean War and the Charge of the Light Brigade" |
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30 Jul 1855 |
Public Libraries Act
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10 May 1857 to 20 Jun 1858 |
Indian Uprising
ArticlesPriti Joshi, “1857; or, Can the Indian ‘Mutiny’ Be Fixed?” Related ArticlesJulie Codell, “On the Delhi Coronation Durbars, 1877, 1903, 1911″ |
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28 Aug 1857 |
Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857
ArticlesKelly Hager, “Chipping Away at Coverture: The Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857″ Related ArticlesRachel Ablow, “‘One Flesh,’ One Person, and the 1870 Married Women’s Property Act” Jill Rappoport, “Wives and Sons: Coverture, Primogeniture, and Married Women’s Property” |
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1858 |
English Woman’s Journal first published
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30 Apr 1859 |
All the Year Round founded
All the Year Round was the first magazine with Dickens as proprietor-editor, and home to first important sensation novel, Woman in White. Articles |
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24 Nov 1859 |
On the Origin of Species
ArticlesNancy Armstrong, “On Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man, 24 February 1871″ Ian Duncan, “On Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle” Anna Henchman, “Charles Darwin’s Final Book on Earthworms, 1881” Martin Meisel, "On the Age of the Universe" Cannon Schmitt, “On the Publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, 1859″ Related ArticlesDaniel Bivona, “On W. K. Clifford and ‘The Ethics of Belief,’ 11 April 1876″ |
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1 Jan 1860 |
Cornhill Magazine founded
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1 Oct 1861 |
Book of Household Management
ArticlesSusan Zlotnick, “On the Publication of Isabella Beeton’s Book of Household Management, 1861″ |
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Nov 1865 to Nov 1866 |
Cholera EpidemicThe last cholera epidemic is conventionally termed “of 1866” as that was the period of the highest mortality. The epidemic arrived in Britain in September 1865 and ended in November 1866. Articles |
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11 May 1866 |
Black FridayThe Collapse of the City of London's oldest bill-brokerage firm and discount company, Overend, Gurney, and Company initiates the financial panic of 1866, marking a change in perception of the banking industry and stimulating new economic theories during the 1860s. Articles |
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2 Jul 1866 |
Hyde Park demonstrationHyde Park Demonstration of the Major Reform League on 23 July 1866. After the British government banned a meeting organized to press for voting rights, 200,000 people entered the Park and clashed with police and soldiers. Related ArticlesPeter Melville Logan, “On Culture: Matthew Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy, 1869″ |
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15 Aug 1867 |
Second Reform Act
ArticlesJanice Carlisle, "On the Second Reform Act, 1867" Related ArticlesCarolyn Vellenga Berman, “On the Reform Act of 1832″ Elaine Hadley, “On Opinion Politics and the Ballot Act of 1872″ |
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26 Jul 1869 |
Poor Rate Assessment and Collection Act
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27 Nov 1869 |
Hereditary Genius
ArticlesRebecca N. Mitchell, “Francis Galton’s Hereditary Genius, 1869 & 1892″ |
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9 Aug 1870 |
1870 Married Women's Property Act
This Act established limited protections for some separate property for married women, including the right to retain up to £200 of any earning or inheritance. Before this all of a woman's property owned before her marriage, as well as all acquired after the marriage, automatically became her husband's alone. Only women whose families negotiated different terms in a marriage contract were able to retain control of some portion of their property. ArticlesRachel Ablow, "On the Married Woman's Property Act, 1870" Related ArticlesKelly Hager, “Chipping Away at Coverture: The Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857″ Jill Rappoport, “Wives and Sons: Coverture, Primogeniture, and Married Women’s Property” Anne Wallace, “On the Deceased Wife’s Sister Controversy, 1835-1907″ |
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24 Feb 1871 |
Descent of Man
ArticlesNancy Armstrong, “On Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man, 24 February 1871″ Related ArticlesIan Duncan, “On Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle” Anna Henchman, “Charles Darwin’s Final Book on Earthworms, 1881” Cannon Schmitt, “On the Publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, 1859″ |
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4 Jan 1884 |
Fabian Society founded
ArticlesEleanor Courtemanche, “On the Publication of Fabian Essays in Socialism, December 1889″ Related ArticlesFlorence Boos, “The Socialist League, founded 30 December 1884″ |
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30 Dec 1884 |
Socialist League formed
ArticlesFlorence Boos, “The Socialist League, founded 30 December 1884″ |
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Jul 1885 |
The Maiden Tribute of Modern BabylonIn July 1885, W. T. Stead published The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon in the Pall Mall Gazette. Related ArticlesHeidi Kaufman, “1800-1900: Inside and Outside the Nineteenth-Century East End” |
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Jul 1888 |
London Matchgirls' StrikeIn July 1888, the London Matchgirls' Strike occurred. Related ArticlesHeidi Kaufman, “1800-1900: Inside and Outside the Nineteenth-Century East End” |
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Aug 1888 to Sep 1889 |
Jack the Ripper murdersFrom August 1888 to September 1889, the serial killer known as the Whitechapel Murderer or Jack the Ripper stalked women living in the East End of London. Related ArticlesHeidi Kaufman, “1800-1900: Inside and Outside the Nineteenth-Century East End” |
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1 Oct 1888 |
First Arts & Crafts exhibition
ArticlesImogen Hart, “On the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society” Morna O’Neill, “On Walter Crane and the Aims of Decorative Art” |
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26 Nov 1888 |
London School Board electionsOn 26 November 1888 occurred the election for seats on the London School Board for the Sixth Board. Articles |
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1894 |
"New Aspect of the Woman Question"In March 1894, Sarah Grand's “The New Aspect of the Woman Question” was published. The essay in North American Review, vol.158, no.448, March 1894, pp.270–6 has been credited with identifying the "New Woman." ArticlesMeaghan Clarke, “1894: The Year of the New Woman Art Critic” |
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Apr 1895 to May 1895 |
Trials of Oscar Wilde
ArticlesAndrew Elfenbein, “On the Trials of Oscar Wilde: Myths and Realities” |
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11 Oct 1899 to 31 May 1902 |
Second Boer War
ArticlesJo Briggs, “The Second Boer War, 1899-1902: Anti-Imperialism and European Visual Culture” |