EVENT
1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819
– 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress
of India.
Though queen, as an unmarried young woman Victoria was
required by social convention to live with her mother, despite their
differences over the Kensington System and her mother's continued reliance on
Conroy. Her mother was consigned to a remote apartment in Buckingham
Palace, and Victoria often refused to meet her.[When Victoria complained to
Melbourne that her mother's close proximity promised "torment for many
years", Melbourne sympathised but said it could be avoided by marriage,
which Victoria called a "schocking [sic] alternative". She showed interest in Albert's education for the
future role he would have to play as her husband, but she resisted attempts to
rush her into wedlock.
Victoria continued to praise Albert following his
second visit in October 1839. Albert and
Victoria felt mutual affection and the Queen proposed to him on 15 October
1839, just five days after he had arrived at Windsor. They were married on
10 February 1840, in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace,
London. Victoria was besotted. She spent the evening after their wedding lying
down with a headache, but wrote ecstatically in her diary:
‘’ I NEVER, NEVER
spent such an evening!!! MY DEAREST DEAREST DEAR Albert ... his excessive
love & affection gave me feelings of heavenly love & happiness I never
could have hoped to have felt before! He clasped me in his arms,
& we kissed each other again & again! His beauty, his sweetness &
gentleness – really how can I ever be thankful enough to have such a Husband! ...
to be called by names of tenderness, I have never yet heard used to me before –
was bliss beyond belief! Oh! This was the happiest day of my life! ‘’
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The death of famous writer Edgar Wallace.
ReplyDeleteRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals.
Over 160 films have been made of his novels. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. He is most famous today as the co-creator of King Kong, writing the early screenplay and story for the movie, as well as a short story "King Kong" (1933) credited to him and Draycott Dell. He was known for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, The Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character during his lifetime.