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Urbanization
• During this time the English empire was constantly being expanded.
• Population increase• New attitude
Specific Events
• 1876- Victoria declared Empress of India
• 1851- Half the Population lives in cities
• 1801 population 1.1 million• 1901 Population 6.6 million
Specific Events
• Invention of the instant photograph
• First underground metropolitan railway in London
• First propelled steam boat SSS Great Britain
• First telegraph cable laid across English channel
Religion
• Catholicism of Oxford movement
• Religion took a back seat to science
• Darwin's theories of evolution
Specific Events
• Catholic Emancipation
• March 1851:Census reveals the extent of Welsh support for the Nonconformist church
• 24 November 1859: Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published
• 16 March 1867: Joseph Lister writes on antiseptics in 'The Lancet'
Specific Events
• Florence Nightingale publishes first informative books about nursing
• First women accepted to royal academy schools
• 9 August 1870: Women obtain limited rights to retain their property after marriage
• 1 January 1883: Married women obtain the right to acquire their own property
Specific Evidence
• October 1897: Women's suffrage campaign gains momentum
• Ten hours Act• Repeal of Corn Law
• First British public library
Relevance?
• How does the Victorian era correlate to Ibsen’s A Dolls House?
• Religion• Urbanization
• Industrial Enlightenment
• Humanization
Sources
• www.britainexpress.com• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/victorianbritain_timeline_noflash.shtml