Queen Victoria of United Kingdom was born Today in History: May 24, 1819 Queen Victoria was born in Kensington Palace in London on May 24th, 1819.  She was the daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, especially, empire. At her death, it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set. Read More
{}