Queen Victoria

  • 1819: Queen Victoria is born at Kensington Palace

    Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, on 24 May 1819. She was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, one of George III’s sons. Her birth came at a fragile point for the Hanoverian succession. Two years earlier, Princess Charlotte had died after childbirth. Charlotte had been the only legitimate child of the Prince…

  • 1900: Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the Australian Constitution Act

    On 9 July 1900, Queen Victoria gave royal assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act. The Act had been passed by the British Parliament and gave legal force to the federation of the Australian colonies. Federation had not been created in London. Australian politicians and voters had debated the terms of union for years,…