Victorian era
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In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901, although slightly different defini
Painting of Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1859)
Information circulated by the campaign of Lewis Pugh Pugh, a candidate at the 1880 general election in Cardiganshire (now known as Ceredigion), explaining to supporters how to vote
Depiction of the defence of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 by Alphonse de Neuville (1880)
Recreation of a Victorian parlour at Nidderdale Museum, Yorkshire
Belle Époque
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The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque was a period of French and European history that began after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and continued until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Occ
Victorian era
…definitions are sometimes used. The era followed the Georgian era and preceded the Edwardian era, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of continental Europe. Various liberalising political reforms took place in the UK, including expanding the electoral franchise. The Great Famine…
1900 World's Fair in Paris, France
Grand foyer of the Folies Bergère cabaret
Art Nouveau style coffee service in Meissen Porcelain, by Theodor Grust, 1902
Europe during the Belle Époque (1911)