Victoria had ascended the British throne in…
1840 CE to 1851 CE
Her long reign until 1901 will see Britain reach the zenith of its economic and political power.
Exciting new technologies such as steam ships, railroads, photography, and telegraphs appear, making the world much faster-paced.
Britain again remains mostly inactive in Continental politics, and it is not affected by the wave of revolutions in 1848.
The Victorian era sees the fleshing out of the second British Empire.
Scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians—actually begins with her coronation or the earlier passage of the Reform Act 1832.
The era had been preceded by the Regency era and will be succeeded by the Edwardian period.
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