March 31 in Victorian History
What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.
1855
Charlotte Bronte dies
Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, dies in Haworth parsonage aged 38, pregnant with her first child. Of the three Bronte sisters who published their novels together, she is the last to die. The moors keep their secrets.
1889
The Eiffel Tower opens
Gustave Eiffel climbs his own 300-metre tower to plant the French flag as the great iron landmark opens in Paris. Built for the 1889 World's Fair, it is the tallest structure on earth. Londoners call it hideous; Parisians soon cannot imagine the city without it.