Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858 and, in 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.

The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria when the Colony of British Columbia, i. e. " the Mainland ", became a British colony in 1858.

Queen Victoria chose British Columbia to distinguish what was the British sector of the Columbia District from that of the United States (" American Columbia " or " Southern Columbia "), which became the Oregon Territory in 1848 as a result of the treaty.

Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

It was during this period that Victoria began to depend on her servant John Brown, a local ghillie from Crathie who became one of her closest companions during her long mourning.

With the Hanoverian accession in Britain onwards, monarchs saw their powers pass further to their ministers, and Royal neutrality in politics became cemented from around the start of the reign of Queen Victoria ( though she had her personal favorites ) and enlargements to the franchise.

Matters came to a head in London in May in what became known as the " Victoria Station incident ".

She had three children: Susan Saunders, Victoria Riskin, and Robert Riskin, Jr. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1933.

Without his approval, he became the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States as the running mate of Victoria Woodhull on the impracticable and small Equal Rights Party ticket.

In 1872, Douglass became the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States, as Victoria Woodhull's running mate on the Equal Rights Party ticket.

Shilton became England's number one and was also signed by Stoke City shortly afterwards from Leicester City ( the same club Stoke had bought Banks from ) to take over from Banks in goal at the Victoria Ground.

Gothic Romances of this description became popular during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, with authors such as Phyllis A. Whitney, Joan Aiken, Dorothy Eden, Victoria Holt, Barbara Michaels, Mary Stewart, and Jill Tattersall.

Through nudism, Gardner made a number of notable friends, including James Laver ( 1899 – 1975 ), who became the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Cottie Arthur Burland ( 1905 – 1983 ), who was the Curator of the Department of Ethnography at the British Museum.

La Trobe became Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria on separation in 1851.

On Victoria obtaining responsible government in May 1855, the title of the then incumbent Lieutenant-Governor, Captain Sir Charles Hotham, became Governor.

On 18 May 2005, " Holden Ltd " became " GM Holden Ltd ", coinciding with the resettling to the new Holden headquarters on 191 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria.

It was confiscated from Kharak Singh in 1850 by the British East India Company and became part of the British Crown Jewels when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877.

The creek to the east of the bridge was filled in with material from the quarries at Cattedown and Oreston during the late 1890s and the ground created became a municipal park, Victoria Park, which was officially opened in 1903.

( Prince Edward later became the father of the future Queen Victoria.

Harvey and Benaud had been captains of their respective states until Harvey moved in the same season for employment purposes from Victoria to New South Wales and became Benaud's deputy.

A tradition may be deliberately created and promulgated for personal, commercial, political, or national self-interest, as was done in colonial Africa ; or it may be adopted rapidly based on a single highly publicized event, rather than developing and spreading organically in a population, as in the case of the white wedding dress, which only became popular after Queen Victoria wore a white gown at her wedding to Albert of Saxe-Coburg.

Both programs are or were distributed by the Corus Radio Network and, coincidentally, both hosts had hosted different morning call-in programs in the same time slot on Winnipeg, Manitoba's CJOB 680 before they became nationally syndicated ( Adler's show still originates from CJOB and retained its original title, while Warren was based in Victoria, British Columbia.

Queen Victoria died in 1901 and her son Edward VII became king, inaugurating the Edwardian Era, which was characterised by great and ostentatious displays of wealth in contrast to the sombre Victorian Era.

Victoria became close to her sister Tennessee Celeste Claflin ( called Tennie ), seven years her junior and the last child born to the family.

* 1952 – Elizabeth II becomes the first queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms since Queen Victoria upon the death of her father, George VI.

* March 31 – Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, queen regent of Portugal ( d. 1781 )

Alfonso XIII was declared of age in 1902 and he married Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena of Battenberg, the granddaughter of the British queen Victoria, on 31 May 1906.

Mary of Teck ( Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes ; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 ) was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V.

The Augustenborg male line died out in 1931, upon the death of Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, a grandson of queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

As queen, Sophia was liberal and almost democratic in her views, in contrast to her daughter-in-law Victoria of Baden, whose militant aggression she disliked.

Ingrid of Sweden ( Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta ; 28 March 1910 – 7 November 2000 ) was a Swedish princess and the queen consort of King Frederick IX of Denmark.

Sophie, his queen, was popularly thought to support her brother as well, but it seems that she was actually pro-British ; like her father the late Kaiser Frederick, Sophie was heavily influenced by her mother, the British-born Victoria.

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is the only spouse of a British queen to have held it: it was awarded to him in 1857 by his wife, Queen Victoria ( reigned 1837 – 1901 ).

It had become evident that Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, would become an empress when her husband ascended the German imperial throne ; many at the time thought it wrong for the daughter to outrank her mother, a " mere " queen.

Queen Adelaide was played by Dame Harriet Walter in the 2009 film The Young Victoria, as a kindly but practical counsellor to the inexperienced queen.

It was noted that on that date in 1854, the 35th birthday of Queen Victoria, some 5, 000 residents of Canada West gathered in front of Government House ( near present day King and Simcoe Streets in Toronto ) to " give cheers to their queen.

Following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, May 24 was made by law to be known as Victoria Day, a date to remember the late queen, who was deemed the " Mother of Confederation ", and, in 1904, the same date was by imperial decree made Empire Day throughout the British Empire.

* Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ( 1887 – 1969 ), full name Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg, became queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain by marrying Alfonso XIII

* Victoria of Baden ( 1862 – 1930 ), queen consort of Gustav V of Sweden

In 1871, on the request of the English queen Victoria, Maraschino was loaded on the English ships at Zadar port.

Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ( christened Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena ; 24 October 1887 – 15 April 1969 ) was queen consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.

The hotel is noted for having been visited in 1833 by the ( then ) Princess Victoria, later to become queen.

Constance's mother had been Mistress of the Robes to Victoria and a " favourite " of the queen.