The Victorian Era

These are the days in the reign of Queen Victoria and the grandeur of the British Empire.

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1819

24 /5

Alexandrina Victoria is Born
Life, Birth
1836

The Babbage Engine
Technological achievement

Charles Babbage completes the first working prototype of his analytical engine.
1837

20 /6

Alexandina Victoria Becomes Queen Victoria
Life, Milestone
1843

Ministry of Computational Sciences
Scientific achievement

Ministry of Computational Sciences founded in response to Ada Lovelace finalising the rules for programming the analytical engines.
1847

Directional Steam Assemblage
Technological achievement

George Stephenson begins work on the Directional Steam Assemblage.
1851

First Airships
Scientific achievement

Henri Giffard demonstrates his dirigibles at the Great Exhibition.
1863

Industrialisation Advances
Technological achievement

The fully automated turret lathe comes on line, enabling production of the parts necessary for the Brunel/Stephenson project.