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The Victorians
(1837-1901)
The railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland,
connecting Edinburgh and Fife. It is a beautiful piece of
Victorian engineering, combining solidity and harmony.
unit
E
key events
1830
1850
1837-1901
Queen Victoria I
1846
free trade
begins
1845
potato
blight in
Ireland
1854-56
Crimean
War
1838
People’s
Charter
1849
Gold Rush begins
in the USA
1848
extensive
railway and
steamboat
system
Great Exhibition in London
1851
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