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History of the Monarchy: Queen Victoria

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These pages form part of the History of the Monarchy site from the British Monarchy web site. The short biography of Queen Victoria features extracts from her published journal, which are in PDF format. There is a short introduction to the diary and the extracts cover important events in Victoria's life. The events covered by the journal extracts are: the Accession, 1837; the Coronation, 1838; the Great Exhibition, 1851; The Crimean War, 1855; a letter to Florence Nightingale, 1856; Prince Albert's death, 1861; the Golden Jubilee, 1887; the Diamond Jubilee, 1897 and the final published extracts, 1901.

 


Historical theme: Political history
Geographical area: Britain & Ireland
Period: 19th Century
Resource type: Primary sources