January 22, 1874 - Queen Victoria died at Windsor Castle. Edward VII was proclaimed King the next day and was crowned on August 29
“When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.” Queen Victoria
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January 22, 1901