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30 Δεκ 2016 · The first letter I chose to focus on is an open letter written to Queen Victoria by Commissioner Lin Zexu in which he requests the end of illegal opium trafficking. The second is a letter written by Lin Zexu and his aid Eleang to the Daoguang Emperor regarding the trade rights of the Portuguese in Macao. Both of these letters give firsthand ...
10 Ιαν 2012 · Welsh Marches. Jan 10, 2012. #2. English was her first language, she didn't become fluent in German until later. As often in marriages with people of different nationalities, they would speak in both languages in the domestic circle, but Victoria insisted that they should speak at least as much in English as in German.
4 Απρ 2013 · A little (mostly on-line) reading leads me to believe it is fundamentally historically accurate. Most of the crown heads of Europe were related to Queen Victoria; Edward VII was the uncle of both Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Tsar Nicholas of Russia. Edward VII had some degree of influence over his nephews and the crown heads of Europe.
31 Μαρ 2015 · Navan, Ireland. Mar 31, 2015. #3. GiLGaMeS said: I've read that the sultan Abdumecit I has sent financial support to irish people when they were starving in 1845 , but queen Victoria refused this support just because it was superior and bigger than hers and asked him to send much less to become inferior to victoria's donation.
1 Ιουλ 2013 · Queen Victoria you could say was really the first monarch to reign and not Rule. World War 1 saw the the power of the monarchy became even more limited as the King handed over more power to parliament at the end if the War, That you could say what led to the modern Constitutional Monarchy.
17 Μαΐ 2013 · May 17, 2013. #2. Royalty had to marry protestant royalty. The protestant thing came in with all the trouble with Charles I, James II, and the Jacobites.There were tons of protestant German states with princes and princesses to marry. Princess Diana was a departure in the she was English aristocracy.
23 Δεκ 2014 · If Victoria died in 1901 without surviving children or descendants, her closest heir would have been Ernst Augustus (1845-1923), Crown Prince of Hanover (the kingdom of Hanover had been annexed by Prussia in 1866) Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale.
13 Σεπ 2022 · In 1861, Queen Victoria detested slavery. She published a proclamation of neutrality, disappointing Confederate diplomats. Later the same year the Trent Affair gave them hope, but it was resolved diplomatically. Ultimately, the Crown forbade citizens to fight or sell arms to the insurgents.
10 Μαρ 2018 · The history of the English/UK parliament is one of it gradually taking more executive power off the monarch for itself. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to ascend the throne with the understanding that her role had no executive functions other than to assent to the bills presented to her after having passed the processes of parliament.
19 Φεβ 2015 · Feb 19, 2015. #2. Even though Great Britain never officially had the word "empire" in its official name, it undoubtedly was an empire. It was the largest empire in history both in terms of landmass and population. Wouldn't this question be also applied to Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, and others who were ...
