Tuesday, June 20, 2006
This Day in History
On this day in 1837, Princess Victoria became Queen Victoria of England, following the death of her uncle, King William IV. The Princess was only 18 when she was called to rule Britannia and by most accounts was right cute. Under her able figurehead like leadership, the sun never set on the British Empire near its zenith and for over 63 years much of the world was well served by British administrators. She even had the wit to die in 1901 so that the Victorian Age ended properly, just at the beginning of the 20th Century.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 12:04 AM 
