Dashed left edge = started before October 1839 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond October 1839
Events in October 1839 1
1839Queen Victoria proposes to Prince AlbertThe British monarch takes the unusual step of proposing herselfQueen Victoria asked her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to marry her, a proposal she made herself because protocol forbade anyone from proposing to the reigning monarch. The couple married in February 1840. Their marriage shaped the character of the British royal family for the rest of the century.