Not surprisingly, British Victorian magazines featured many articles on British history. Some focused on the relatively recent past, while others delved into earlier days. In this section, except for a selection of articles on historical events of the 19th century, articles are listed by date of publication rather than by the date of the events they cover.

Some Events of the 19th Century

A Tale of Dartmoor (Leisure Hour, 1860)

An account of two Royal Fusiliers who perished in a Dartmoor blizzard.

Neptune's Arbitration in the Year 1831, by Vice-Admiral Sir William King Hall, KCB (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)

On the appearance and disappearance, and ownership squabbles over, Graham's Island, at times a volcanic island and at times a shoal off the coast of Sicily.

The Pitcairn Islanders and the Mutiny of the Bounty, by Dr. Robert Brown (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1880)

What became of the mutineers and their descendants.

A Highland Joke, by C.F. Gordon Cumming (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1884)

The great Highland baby swap!

Rebeccaism in Wales (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)

Now known as the Rebecca riots, this was a movement in Wales against unfair taxation. To pay for new roads, turnpikes were instated, making travel even a short distance very expensive; the Rebeccaists went about destroying the turnpikes. In 1844 a law was finally passed in Parliament to amend the turnpike rates.

The Stolen Steamship (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)

In 1880 the steamship 'Ferret' was stolen as part of a conspiracy in which it disappeared from its home in Scotland and mysteriously reappeared several months later in Australia under a new name It remained in Australia for the remainder of its working life.

Breaking Bonds; or, Leaves from Prison Lore, by W.H. Davenport-Adams

An account of the escape of Sir Sidney Smith from Paris during the French Revolution, along with several other daring prison breaks.

An Irish Gentlewoman in the Famine Time, by Octave Thanet (Century Magazine, 1891A)

A Singular Imposture (The Strand, 1895A)

An account of the woman who passed herself off as "Princess Caraboo."

Events & Periods in British History

A Few Words on Court Fools (Godey's, 1833)

Signing of Magna Charta (Illustrated London Almanack, 1847)

The Gunpowder Plot (Illustrated London Almanack, 1847)

Interesting for its account of Guy Fawkes' lantern, on exhibit at the Bodleian library, Oxford.

Two Hundred Years Ago, by Charles J. Peterson (Peterson's, 1856)

A look at Samuel Pepys' accounts of life in London in the 1700's.

On Domestic Games and Amusements in the Middle Ages, by Thomas Wright (Art Journal, 1859)

The Domestic Manners of the English During the Middle Ages, by Thomas Wright (Art Journal, 1853)

Traveling in the Middle Ages, by Thomas Wright (Art Journal, 1859)

Over the Border (Leisure Hour, 1860)

The border wars between England and Scotland

The Scottish Covenanters (Harper's Monthly, 1873A)

Famous Floods (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)

A look at some devastating floods in England and France.

Cap and Bells, by H. Winthrop Peirce (St. Nicholas, 1882A)

A short history of court jesters.

The Story of "Auld Robin Gray," by James C. Hadden (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1884)

The history that inspired a Scottish ballad.

Old English Trees and What They Have Seen, by Anna Buckland (Girl's Own Paper, 1884)

Histories of the Burnham Beeches, the Glastonbury Thorn, and Wycliffe's Oak.

Mistaken Identity, by H. Savile Clark (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)

Of convictions, deceptions and more involving mistaken identities, look-alikes and imposters.

Domesday Book, by Emma Brewer (Girl's Own Paper, 1886)

1886 marked the 800th anniversary of the completion of the Domesday Book, "the first statistical document of Modern Europe."

The Builders of the Bridge, by Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks (Girl's Own Paper, 1887)

A somewhat fictionalized account of the building of Swarkstone Bridge in the 13th century.

The History of the Home, or, Domestic Ways Since the Times of Henry VIII, by Nanette Mason (Girl's Own Paper, 1887)

Multi-part article on the history of various domestic developments (unfortunately the last installment is missing and seems never to have been published).

Triumphs of Trade: The Sea, by Edwin Goadby (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1888)

A bit of England's seafaring history.

Eyam and Its Memorable Woe, by H.W. Brewer (Girl's Own Paper, 1889)

How one town handled the Black Death.

The Ladies of the Olden Times, by S.F.A. Caulfeild (Girl's Own Paper, 1889)

A look at women's roles in history.

Three Worthies of Bettws-y-Coed, by Edward Walford (Girl's Own Paper, 1889)

A Romance in the Ducal House of Athole, by Edward Walford (Girl's Own Paper, 1890)

How William de Moray won the hand of a lady by capturing and shackling a giant "wild man" of the woods.

When George the Second Was King, by G. Holden Pike (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1891)

The Glee Maidens, by J.F. Rowbotham (Girl's Own Paper, 1892)

Female wandering minstrels of the 11th century.

Gunpowder Plot Signatures (The Strand, 1892B)

Facsimiles of the signatures of the leading authors of the "Gunpowder Plot."

Romance of the Earldom of Stirling, by Edward Walford (Girl's Own Paper, 1892)

The First Magazine for Women, by Celia Logan (Ladies Home Journal, 1896)

"The Ladies' Diary," founded by Mary Astell in the reign of Queen Anne.

A Real Case of Buried Treasure, by J. Holt Schooling (The Strand, 1896A)

A mysterious box, a cipher, a lost ship... A lost treasure?

A Famous Gang of Highwaymen, by S.E. Waller (Windsor Magazine, 1899B)

The 18th-century Dunsdon gang of the Forest of Wychwood in Oxfordshire.

Elizabethan Boys, by L.H. Sturdevant (St. Nicholas, 1900A)

The Tudor Period (Good Words, 1902)

A series of short articles, including "Wild Fowl and Game as Food in the Tudor Period;" "Dogs and Other Pets in Henry VIII's Time;" "Household Expenses," "Bedroom Furniture;" and "Perfumes, Fragrant Herbs and Spices."

• See also Historic British Royalty