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Victorian era timeline
1837
The 18-year-old Victoria comes to the throne in Britain, beginning the long Victorian era
Winterhalter
Queen Victoria
(detail)
National Maritime Museum
1837
Work begins on Charles Barry's spectacular design for London's new Houses of Parliament
Houses of Parliament, c.1851
Guildhall Library
c. 1837
The Whig party in Britain begin referring to themselves as Liberals
1837
The first trains run between London and Birmingham on the railway designed by Robert Stephenson
Primrose Hill Tunnel, c.1837
Guildhall Library
1837
Charles Dickens' first novel,
Oliver Twist
, begins monthly publication (in book form, 1838)
1838
An Irish packet steamer, the
Sirius
, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, completing the journey to New York in 19 days
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