June 22 in Victorian History
What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.
1897
The Diamond Jubilee
Sixty years on the throne: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession winds through a London draped in bunting, with colonial troops from every corner of the empire. The queen, now 78, is hailed by crowds ten deep. It is the grandest imperial pageant the world has ever seen.