Unique and forgotten palace the Royal Family haven't used for 120 years
Osborne House was the favourite home of Queen Victoria. While other royals have visited the home in the past, it hasn't been ...
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It happened today – this day in history – February 6
1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...
25 years on: The best and worst of Britain’s Millennium architecture
We celebrate and bemoan the building projects of the Millennium. Which were the joys, and which were the duds?
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Portrait of Queen Victoria in a white dress, wearing the Order of the Garter, to her left a proclamation announcing the Great Exhibition of 1851
109.3 x 119.4 cm. (43 x 47 in.) ...
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Clark County history: Early African Americans residents of Clark County
With few exceptions, the historical footprints of African Americans who trod Clark County in the early days are challenging to track. Through the Corps of Discovery’s journals, we know about York. He’ ...
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Charles Darwin: Evolution and the story of our species
In 1851, Darwin's favourite daughter ... to add questions on cousin-marriage to the 1871 census he was refused. Queen Victoria had married her cousin, and Darwin was challenging another taboo.
Was Queen Victoria the first influencer? How the ‘media monarch’ shaped the modern world
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...
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The 5 Americans who made history by earning the Victoria Cross
Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...
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Who was Queen Victoria?
She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...
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On This Day: Queen Victoria, Ireland's "Famine Queen," died in 1901
Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...