The Victorian era is what we call the period of Queen Victoria’s reign; it ran from 20th
June 1837 until her death on 22nd January 1901.
Great achievements of the time include the Houses of Parliament being rebuilt after a fire, the first photograph being taken (By Louis Daguerre in France and William Henry Fox-Talbot in Britain), the first postage stamps, the first free public library, the last public hanging, the great exhibition (Crystal Palace), schooling made compulsory (for children between 5 and 10), the railway train, the invention of the gramophone and the underground train.
With many more great achievements to name
it’d be a great discredit to the era to not name at least a few of the most popular and
fascinating forms of entertainment of the age after previously popular blood
sports like bear baiting and cockfighting were banned.
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