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February 2 in Victorian History

What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.

1901

Victoria's funeral

Queen Victoria is buried at Frogmore beside Prince Albert, in the white dress and wedding veil she requested. The funeral procession winds from Osborne to Windsor, with the gun carriage drawn by sailors when the horses bolt. Europe's crowned heads -- her children, grandchildren and in-laws -- follow the coffin on foot.

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