1. Victorian families

2. Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901

3. Victorian era is the period of Queen Victoria‘s reign 20.06.1837- 22.01.1901

4. British Empire

5. 1837 - Victoria becomes queen 1838 - The first photographs are taken 1842 - The first Mines Act 1843 - The first Christmas Card 1846 - 1852- Potato famine 1853 - Crimea war begins 1872 - The first soccer FA Cup Final is played 1878 - The first light bulb is invented 1891 - Free primary schools for all children 1901- Queen Victoria dies

6. Queen VictoriaPrince Albert

9. Great Exhibition -1851 Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London.

10. Participating countries Britain Australia India New Zealand Sweden Norway Denmark France the USA Switzerland an envelope machine kitchen appliances steel-making display a precursor to today's fax machine the world's first voting machine a barometer a reaping machine etc 13,000 in total, Exhibits Frederick Bakewell 's facsimile 1848

11. opened in 1875 120,000 pounds Albert Memorial

13. Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences opened in 1871

15. This is a photograph of Eagle House, just down the road from Conduit Street.

16. This is a photograph of Caroline Cottages, Conduit Place

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