May 25 in Victorian History
What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.
1878
H.M.S. Pinafore opens
Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London. Its topsy-turvy tale of a captain's daughter and a lowly sailor runs for 571 performances. He is an Englishman becomes a music-hall anthem, and the Savoy operas conquer both Britain and America.