VICTORIA DAY – CANADA & THE LIFE OF QUEEN VICTORIA

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The Victoria Day shall be celebrated in Canada as an official holiday on the 18th of May 2020. It is a day celebrated on the birthday of Queen Victoria who ruled United Kingdom and the British Empire from 1837-1901.

Her reign of 63 years is marked as the longest by any monarch when the record was broken by Queen Elizabeth II in September 2015.

The British Monarch kept her seat on the throne for approximately 63 Years, 216 days. She was born in 1819 and Canada has been celebrating this arrival of Queen Victoria in the world since the holiday was declared in the country in the year 1845. Also, became a legal off day i.e. an official holiday after the death of the Monarch in 1901. The times of the rule of Queen Victoria marked with many historical events and up’s and downs and is known as the ‘Victorian Era.’

Queen Victoria was officially the first Queen of Canada who was on the throne when Canada was founded i.e. 1867. Victoria Day is a Canadian traditional day and doesn’t exist in most of England. However, it is celebrated in parts of Scotland especially in the capital city Edinburg and is known as the Official Holiday. This is a legal Canadian official day means the day is also observed in Quebec.

However, the idea of how to honor a British monarch doesn’t apply to the province Le-Belle where the day is less significant and known by another name. Similarly in 2003 the day was renamed as National Patriots Day in Quebec i.e. ignoring the Queen reference.

The Capital City of province British Columbia, Victoria is yet another significance that relates to Canada from the Royal monarch. Another Capital city is associated in Canada from Queen Victoria. The City ‘Regina’, i.e. the Capital of Canadian province Saskatchewan. ‘Regina’ is a Latin word meaning: ‘The Queen.’

Known by the nickname as Drina when she was actually a little girl and she could only speak German until age 3.

The Queen in 1840 i.e. at the age of 16 married Prince Albert in a family affair. The prince was her first cousin i.e. the father of Prince Albert was actually her mother’s brother & belonged from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

‘The Queen’ officially took over the throne in 1837 and it happened after the death of William IV. The age of the Royal Queen was just 18 years old. She was known as a strong and imposing figure as has been portrayed historically.

Since the death of Prince Albert i.e. the husband of Queen Victoria in Dec 1861, the Queen has been portrayed by many actresses in films and theatre as wearing black outfits which displays the state of mourning and shock she had been into after Prince Albert’s death.

A personality who witnessed 6 assassination attempts. The first attempt happened in the year 1840 by an 18 year old whose name was Edward Oxford and happened in London. Two years later another attempt on the life of Queen, when a man named John Francis fired a gun at the carriage but missed. Just about after two months another attempt happened i.e. the third attempt. John William Bean actually fired an ammo that was made from tobacco and paper and was fired on Queen Victoria, however she survived.

The fourth attempt happened in 1849 when William Hamilton, an angry Irishman fired a pistol at her carriage. Victoria was living close and living proof of the fact that if you stay around in politics long enough, you are bound to make many enemies.

In 1850, happened for the fifth time i.e. the Fifth attempt when an ex-army officer hit her with his cane, his name in history books is Robert Pate. Lastly, and incredibly the 6th attempt happened in 1882, the name was Robert Mclean who tried to kill her but his bullet missed her fortunately.

Everything happened at a fast pace in the life of Queen Victoria similarly she became grandmother at a very young age i.e. 39 years old and a great grandmother 20 years later i.e. at the age of 59. She was not only the Queen of England and British monarchies, she was also a mother of 9 children. She suffered a major drawback of living a long life, and it was tragic of her to have outlived three of her children.

According to a BBC Poll, Queen Victoria was named the 18th Briton in a BBC Poll in 2002. Winston Churchill former Prime Minister of Britain during World War II took the number 1 position. Princess Diana was number 3, William Shakespeare #5, John Lennon #8 and Queen Victoria was followed on the list by Paul McCartney. She also became the only British Monarch in the modern music history whose name was honored.