The British Empire (In Our Time)
1877 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg examines the British Empire. On 1st January 1877 Disraeli had Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India. But imperial passions stirred in Britain long before Victoria’s investiture and the ethos of Imperialism lives on.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1877
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- Meiji Restoration (1868)
- Scramble for Africa (1881)
- German unification (1871)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Vladimir Lenin (1870)
- Bismarck's chancellorship (1871)
- Founding of the German Empire (1871)
- Franco-Prussian War (1870)