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3 dni temu · The first of these concerned the new machinery of government, which, instead of relying on patronage and custom, involved an institutionalized bureaucracy.
In many ways the tone and composition of government remained heavily aristocratic for much of the reign. Queen Victoria’s prime ministers included four earls, a marquess, a viscount and the younger son of an earl.
29 mar 2011 · Ireland lost more than one million people to the ravages of famine in the 1840s. It lost far more over the next half century to the steady drip of emigration to Britain, the Americas and...
The 1840s (pronounced "eighteen-forties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1840, and ended on December 31, 1849. The decade was noted in Europe for featuring the largely unsuccessful Revolutions of 1848, also known as the Springtime of Nations.
25 paź 2024 · At the national level, government consisted of the monarch and the two houses of Parliament, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The monarchs during this period were Queen Victoria (1837–1901), preceded by King George IV (1820–30) and King William IV (1830–37) and followed by King Edward VII (1901–10) and King George V (1910–36).
21 sty 2022 · The first full decade of the Victorian Era, the 1840s, saw a wave of changes that would shake the United Kingdom and the British Empire forever. From new governments at home to new territory abroad, Britain as we know it was fundamentally altered every year.
Few monarchs of his or any age had endured calamities and humiliations of the sort which had been his fate between 1806 and 1814. He has also been held responsible for the military collapse of 1806 and the royal family's ignominious flight from Berlin.
