It’s rare to see a royal engagement ring featuring an emerald. The striking stone features in very few of these most romantic ...

opened on Monday 26 April at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Victoria & Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour... In 1863, as the Civil War was being fought on battlefields across the country, ...

Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. 1355: The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, leaving ...

He was so successful he became known as the “father of British Columbia.” Queen Victoria knighted him in 1863 for his service. Despite African Americans being a tiny demographic of the Pacific ...

In 1863, Queen Victoria’s eldest son, Albert Edward, had married Princess Alexandra of Denmark, and the fashionable young couple – the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra – ushered in ...

Despite learning the banjo later on in 1855, by the time he became a professional musician in 1863, he was most recognized ... career and even played for Queen Victoria. As a Black music, Weston ...

Coins in Hong Kong followed in 1863. Britain's Royal Mint made ... The initials "VR", meaning Victoria Regina - Latin for Queen Elizabeth, Britain's monarch - were stamped on the side with English ...

Victoria was worried that the German regions would be bullied by the northern kingdom of Prussia to become a militaristic nation rather than a peaceful federation. In the summer of 1863 Queen Victoria ...

The definition of ‘co-living’ under the NSW Government’s planning regulations is at the heart of neighbours objecting to a ...

When a smallpox epidemic struck Vancouver Island in 1862, colonial authorities set in motion a plan that led to the deaths of thousands.

An example from the reign of Queen Victoria, dated 1841, which is described as “The ... Also of note is a superb ‘827’ Sovereign from 1863, estimated at £10,000-15,000 [lot 2053]. Mr Hopper adds: “The ...