Historical Happenings

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

Industrial Revolution

• Modern idea of invention

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'

Humanization

• Women begin to advance in society

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