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  2. Society and culture of the Victorian era - Wikipedia

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    A similar kind of grant system to voluntary schools was used in Scotland as in England. The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 introduced many of the same kinds of reforms as were taking place in England and Wales during the later 19th century. Education was made compulsory for five to thirteen-year-olds, the structure of the system was simplified ...

  3. Anglicisation of names - Wikipedia

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    An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England. [3] During the time in which there were large influxes of immigrants from Europe to the United States and United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries, the given names and surnames of many immigrants were ...

  4. Victorian era - Wikipedia

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    The 19th century saw rapid technological development with a wide range of new inventions. This led Great Britain to become the foremost industrial and trading nation of the time. [ 70 ] Historians have characterised the mid-Victorian era (1850–1870) as Britain's 'Golden Years', [ 71 ] [ 72 ] with national income per person increasing by half.

  5. Category:19th-century English nobility - Wikipedia

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    19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; Pages in category "19th-century English nobility" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. ...

  6. Category:19th-century British people - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:19th-century British Jews and Category:19th-century British LGBTQ people and Category:19th-century British women The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.

  7. Historiography of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Gildas, a fifth-century Romano-British monk, was the first major historian of Wales and England.His De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (in Latin, "On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain") records the downfall of the Britons at the hands of Saxon invaders, emphasizing God's anger and providential punishment of an entire nation, in an echo of Old Testament themes.

  8. 19th century - Wikipedia

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    The 19th century was an era of rapidly accelerating scientific discovery and invention, with significant developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, electricity, and metallurgy that laid the groundwork for the technological advances of the 20th century. [4]

  9. Politics of the United Kingdom in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    England remained an example of a country whose territorial administration relied solely on local government bodies until the end of the 19th century. They had broad powers and evolved towards decentralization. In the 19th century, local government reforms were carried out. [g] [14] The first stage, initiated between 1832 and 1835, concerned ...