Buckingham Palace in London began as Buckingham House, a town house built for the Duke of Buckingham in the early eighteenth century. King George III bought it in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte, and George IV later commissioned the architect John Nash to transform it into a palace. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live there, from 1837. As her family grew, it was enlarged in the 1840s and 1850s under the architect Edward Blore, who added the east wing, and a ballroom followed soon afterwards. The palace is the monarch's London residence and administrative headquarters, and the stage for state occasions and the changing of the guard.
Before and after
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 29 July 1848Young Ireland rebellion
- 16 September 1848Discovery of Hyperion
- 8 November 1848Birth of Gottlob Frege
- 1849Construction of Buckingham Palace
- from 1849 to 1855Jicarilla War
- 10 May 1849Death of Katsushika Hokusai
- 15 June 1849Death of James K. Polk
- 26 September 1849Birth of Ivan Pavlov
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- from 18th century to 19th centuryRomanticism
- 1 November 1800Construction of White House
- 1886Statue of Liberty
- c. 1900sRise of modernism
- 1907Rise of cubism
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
The era
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