On this day, 206 years ago, May 24, 1819 (April 1, 1819, the lunar calendar), Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom was born. At the age of 24, Victoria, Queen of England and Ireland, Queen Victoria of India (May 24, 1819-January 22, 1901), full name Alexandrina Victoria, was by far the longest-serving monarch in the United Kingdom and the longest-serving female monarch in world history. She was the first British monarch to be called "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" and "Queen of India". The more than 63 years of her reign (June 20, 1837-January 22, 1901) were Britain's most powerful "Empire that never sets the sun." During her reign until her death, to the beginning of World War I. In 1914, Britain was called the "Victoria Era." After 1914, the era of the peak of British national strength gradually came to an end. When Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, she was still a young girl. After marriage, she fell in love with her husband Aber (Prince of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha), and she relied on him and adopted his opinions. After 1846, the Queen and her husband Prince Albert resolutely opposed Palmerston's foreign policy and forced Palmerston to resign. Later in his term, he turned to the Conservative Party and became close friends with Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, actively supporting his policy of colonial aggression. When her husband died in 1861, she was devastated. She missed him for the next 40 years. Victoria became Queen of India in 1876. After the death of Prime Minister Disraeli in 1881, he began to trust Salisbury and Chamberlain. In 1887 and 1897, the United Kingdom held grand ceremonies to celebrate the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the Queen's accession to the throne. It also took advantage of the gathering of representatives of various territories of the Empire in London to hold an Imperial Colony Conference to use the Queen's reputation to consolidate the rule and internal unity of the British Empire. During the reign of Victoria, Britain went from an ordinary European country to a powerful empire. Queen Victoria's rule lasted for more than half a century. She continued to expand new territories overseas, forming the British Empire "the sun never sets" and making Queen Victoria the Queen of India. Under her rule, the stability and dignity of the country made the monarchy popular again. Most of her subjects around the world were almost born in Britain under Queen Victoria. On January 22, 1901, a historical dynasty ended, and Queen Victoria died in Cowes, Isle of Wight at the age of 82. As she lay dying, she was guarded by her son and heir, the Prince of Wales, who had decided to inherit the throne in the name of Edward VII. At the queen's bed were other descendants, including her grandson Kaiser Wilhelm II. Eighteen-year-old Princess Victoria 28-year-old Queen Victoria 37-year-old Queen Victoria King Wilhelm II and Edward VII Edward VII was 59 years old when Edward VII ascended to the throne at Queen Victoria's funeral. He ruled for only nine years before he died of a sudden outbreak of pneumonia, the United Kingdom and the colonies at the time of Queen Victoria's death