9 Jan 1901 Jahr - Death of Queen Victoria

Beschreibung:

Death of Queen Victoria at age 82 (January 22, 6:30 am).
Population of London reaches 6.6 million.
Elsewhere around the globe, the Regency era saw the independence of several South American countries including Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Chile. Spain experienced a revolution, resulting in the reinstatement of the Constitution of 1812. In 1829, the Peace of Adrianople ended the Russo-Turk War and Turkey acknowledged Greek independence.

Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819. She was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, minor son of the reigning King George III, and Victoire of Saxe-Coburg, a German princess. Both her father and grandfather died in 1820, the year her uncle succeeded as King George IV.

Queen Victoria became an heir to the throne, when King George died without an issue in 1830, and also the daughter of her second royal uncle, King William IV, passed away in infancy.

King William himself died in 1837, and the eighteen-year-old princess became Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland on June twenty that year.