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=Victorian Education Timeline=

1837: Coronation of Victoria. 1837: Registration Act required that all births, deaths, and marriages be recorded, this allowed legislators to know the age of minors and restrict their working hours.  1840: The London Library opens.  1848: Marx and Engles' //Communist Manifesto// is published.  1851: The Great Exhibition in London.  1859: Charles Darwin's //Origin of Species// //is// published. 1871: The University Test Act abolished the law that all academics and students at Cambridge and Oxford Universities had to be practicing members of the Anglican church. This opened the universities to suitable people of all faith. 1876: Sandon's Education Act created School Attendance Committees to encourage children to attend school and parents were made responsible for ensuring that their children received basic instruction.  1891: Education is made free and compulsory for children under 13.  1901: Victoria dies.