Queen Victoria
By Erinn Roy and Lilyana Young
Fun Fact:
Timeline of Queen Victoria's early life
1819 Princess Victoria (full name Alexandrina Victoria) is born on 24 May at
Kensington Palace.
1820 Princess Victorias father died in January and she becomes heir to the throne.
1837 King William IV died on 20 June and Princess Victoria becomes Queen.
1838 Queen Victorias Coronation takes place at Westminster Abbey.
1839 Queen Victoria becomes engaged to her cousin, Prince Albert.
1840 The wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert takes place on 10
February in the Chapel Royal, St Jamess Palace.
Timeline of her later life
1857 The Royal couple have their ninth and final child, Princess Beatrice. Prince
Albert is given the title Prince Consort.
1861 Prince Albert, their first child, died of typhoid fever on 14 December.
1877 Queen Victoria is given the title Empress of India.
1901 Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight on 22 January at
the age of 81 and a reign of almost 64 years.