8. If we were to express only the year the formula would in most cases be different. To indicate the month and the day of the month, a consistent phrase must be used.
One Hundred Events of the Victorian Era, learned by one careful Reading or Study.
FIRST EXERCISE.
- —The Victoria era begins June 20, 1837
- —Abolition of death penalty for forgery and some other crimes July 17, 1837
- —Question of Trades Unionism brought before the House of Commons by Mr. Wakley and Mr. Daniel O’Connell Feb. 13, 1838
- —First steam voyage across the Atlantic Ocean completed in 15 days by the Great Western June 17, 1838
- —International Copyright Act passed July 31, 1838
- —Chartist Meetings proclaimed illegal Dec. 12, 1838
- —Anti-corn Law League formed Dec. 19, 1838
- —Penny Postage Act passed Aug. 17, 1839
- —Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal, St. James’s, by the Archbishop of Canterbury Feb. 10, 1840
- —Birth of Princess Royal Nov. 21, 1840
SECOND EXERCISE.
- —Birth of Prince of Wales Nov. 9, 1841
- —Earl of Munster’s suicide Mar. 20, 1842
- —Monster Chartist Petition, borne by 16 men and containing 3,317,702 names, denied a hearing before the bar of the House of Commons May 2, 1842
- —Defeat of Boers at Natal by the British troops May 26, 1842
- —Treaty with the United States of America on North-West Boundary, Slave Trade and Extradition Aug. 9, 1842
- —Defeat of Ameers at Meanee by Sir Charles Napier. Loss 10,000 Jan. 16, 1843
- —Birth of Princess Maud Mary Alice April 25, 1843
- —Arkwright’s son leaves his heirs £8,000,000 May 24, 1843
- —Birth of Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Aug. 6, 1844
- —Imprisonment for debt under £20 abolished Aug. 10, 1844
THIRD EXERCISE.
- —Maynooth College Endowment Bill passed by House of Lords by 131 majority May 16, 1845
- —Faraday announces discovery tending to show that light, heat, and electricity are but different manifestations of one great universal principle Nov. 5, 1845
- —Birth of Princess Helena May 25, 1846
- —Opening of new Philosophical Institute at Edinburgh Nov. 4, 1846
- —Shakespeare’s House, at Stratford-on-Avon, purchased by the Shakespeare Committee for £3,000 Sept. 16, 1847
- —Commercial crisis: Bank of England rate raised to 9 per cent. Oct. 31, 1847
- —Chloroform administered by Professor Simpson at Edinburgh Nov. 12, 1847
- —The French Revolution of Feb. 22, 1848
- —Birth of Princess Louise Mar. 18, 1848
- —Kossuth claims protection from England Sept. 20, 1849