Queen Victoria
Reigned for sixty-three years over the height of Britain’s industrial and imperial power, and became Empress of India in 1876.
| Lived | 1819 – 1901 |
| Known as | Queen of the United Kingdom |
| Birthplace or main place | London |
| Places on the map | London |
LondonSee the world of Queen Victoria in the interactive map
Who ruled these places in her lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1900) |
|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | same |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Events in her lifetime
| Year | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | The Great Exhibition opens in the Crystal Palace | London |
Battles and sites of the time
- Battle of Sedan · 1870
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1815 – 1898 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Germany |
| 1828 – 1910 | Leo Tolstoy | Writer |
| 1802 – 1885 | Victor Hugo | Writer |
| 1825 – 1891 | Pedro II of Brazil | Emperor of Brazil |
| 1835 – 1908 | Empress Dowager Cixi | De facto ruler of Qing China |
| 1818 – 1883 | Karl Marx | Philosopher and economist |
| 1807 – 1882 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Leader of Italian unification |
| 1809 – 1882 | Charles Darwin | Naturalist |
| 1821 – 1881 | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Writer |
| 1844 – 1913 | Menelik II | Emperor of Ethiopia |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.