Brief Life History of Victoria
When Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom was born on 24 May 1819, in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Prince Edward Augustus of the United Kingdom and Hanover Duke of Kent and Strathearn, was 51 and her mother, Princess Marie Louise Victorie von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, was 32. She married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in October 1840, in Saint James's Palace, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in New Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 22 January 1901, in Whippingham, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81, and was buried in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- The Queen, The Queen, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Alexandrina Victoria Princess, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Victoria Queen, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
German: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, from orfe, a species of freshwater fish. Alternatively, a habitational name from Urff near Kassel, formerly Orpha.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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