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
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