10 Events That Defined the Victorian Era - Victoria 3 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Victoria Era continues with a video on the events that defined this age, as we, supported by Paradox Interactive and Victoria 3, talk about First Opium War 1839-1842, Mines Act of 1842, Revolutions of 1848, Unification of Italy and Germany 1848-1871, Crimean War 1854-1856, American Civil war 1861-1865, Germ Theory 1861, Meiji Restoration 1868, Opening of the Transpacific railway and Suez Canal 1869, Great Eastern Crisis 1875-1878, and more!
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[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks to Paradox Interactive for helping us with this video. Check out Victoria 3 to reenact events mentioned in the video and create your own history: play.victoria3game.com/KingsandGenerals

[@hkarmy7526]

Hype

[@DarkZerol]

Can't wait already pre-ordered on Steam.

[@josephsarra4320]

I appreciate the video you put this out, I really do. I have a question, are you going to remake the entire series based on the rise of the Ottoman Empire from 14th to 16th century? I'm curious about that.

[@mathy4605]

Please don't reenact ALL the events mentioned in the video, particularly those in the last part.

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@mathy4605 yep, you can buy tea in your local store, no need to invade places

[@paradoxinteractive]

There's nobody better to help us introduce the Victorian Era!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We love working with you!

[@HoneyBadger--sl6wi]

Hey paradox rep what's your favorite country to play in hoi4 if you play

[@malxadolasanadam]

Vicky 4 when?

[@Bacot888]

Hey Paradox please make my CK3 work again without glitches

[@Sinaeb]

@An very person It's not a war, it's a diplomatic play based on people skill that the paraguayan lacked

[@aasemahsan]

0:46 First Opium War (1839-1842) 2:42 The Mines Act of 1842 4:48 Revolutions of 1848 6:43 Unifications of Italy & Germany 7:52 Crimean War (1854-1856) 9:47 American Civil War (1861-1865) 11:37 Germ Theory (1861) 13:02 Meiji Restoration (1868) 14:32 Opening of Transpacific Railway & Suez Canal (1869) 16:18 The Great Eastern Crisis (1875-1878) *

[@jacobs3597]

And once again I find myself wondering why Paradox gutted the war system to a mobile game war system.....

[@shaddaboop7998]

I like how seven of these ten events involve brutal wars with up to hundreds of thousands of casualties yet PDX just removed war from Victoria 3 under the pretence that "iT's NoT a MaP pAiNtEr" and that the Victorian period was extremely peaceful.

[@TheGetout04]

@@shaddaboop7998 War is still present in the game tho?

[@jacobs3597]

@@shaddaboop7998 I watch do you tuber today play Brazil and you want to know he did most of the time? Map paint, and war. And I was like those wars look cool, and costly if only could control that.

[@emperoraurangzeb4616]

National uprising of 1857 in india should have been mentioned . It literally changed map of india where rule of east india company was abolished and British government took charge of india.

[@georgekolev9832]

Writing this script was a huge undertaking, but I enjoyed every step of it. Overall I think the 19th century is incredibly underrated due to being stuck between the Napoleonic wars and WW1 on top of being filled with interesting cultural moments, for which it is now mostly remembered. In reality this was the most transformative era for mankind since... the agricultural revolution? Humanity stumbled as it started to give up on slavery, monarchy and the spear, while embracing capitalism, industrialization and globalism. This was an explosive era, which was always going to come with a lot of collateral damage and I did my best to give you a glimpse of it via 10 notable milestones. This is only a taste and I personally can't wait to try out Victoria and dive in, exploring all the nuances of technological innovation, immigration, espionage, culture and so much more! If you have any questions, simply reply to this message and I would be happy to reply to them as best as I can. Enjoy!

[@denveryeeles7704]

Do you know any good history books that cover this time period I've always been interested in the victorian era

[@user-dz9gj2ew4w]

Eras stuck in between major conflicts such as the interwar period of the 20th century and the post Napoleonic 19th century are criminally overlooked. These were the times when humanity tried to heal themselves and cope with the previous disasters, and came up with brilliant new ideas that changed the course of history - for better or worse. It's like taking rest after a few days of workout. That's the time when your muscle's gonna grow to fit the stronger person you've become, just as the marginal eras advance us into more modern ideas and practices.

[@cdcastro7986]

Their was alot of mistakes in the script and map was this rushed?

[@AkshayKumar-ge9wz]

Did you not think the British wars of conquest in India worthy of being on this list? Especially when India was such a key part of the British Empire, I feel like the history gets neglected far too much

[@dillonbruyer5564]

What was the overall impact of the age of revolution in the mid 1850s?

[@xpqzl2551]

honestly the victorian era is one of the most underrated time period in history it literally defined history and put in place all the events that lead up to the world wars and had some of the most bloodiest conflicts

[@flyingorange4493]

Is it underrated? I feel like it gets a lot of attention from tv and movies, and some things from it are very well known like the clothing, Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, the architecture, A Christmas Carol, the art, literature, inventions, etc. The majority of the 'wild west' period of American history was during the Victorian era as well (something I didn't really think about until I watched Penny Dreadful). I agree that besides the American Civil War, other conflicts from the era deserve more attention.

[@alucard347]

I'd argue that the 13th century is the most underrated century. That's the time when Genghis Khan conquered half the known world and set in motion events that redefined history to this day, and yet people don't really think about this period too much.

[@xpqzl2551]

@@flyingorange4493 i guess you could argue that but i feel like a large majority of the victorian era history is over looked for more main stream things

[@Tethloach1]

I agree

[@burtreynolds8030]

Love that you included Germ theory, arguably the greatest discovery of man

[@caad5258]

Indeed. We stand upon the shoulders of giants.

[@JohnnyElRed]

Ah, yes. One has to love 19th century history. Full of old concepts like imperialism and nobility, mixed with the rise of industrial forces. An age of contrasts.

[@jonbaxter2254]

I do quite enjoy that the westerns of cowboy epics, and the groaning machines of London's industry happened at the same time.

[@burtreynolds8030]

@@jonbaxter2254 also the same time as the end of the samurai and Japanese isolationism, I hope Vic 3 goes more in depth with Japan, although it’ll probably be a year 2 dlc

[@justinaccurate347]

Ah yes, perish

[@james_90]

Reminds me when I was watching a WW1 documentary and they had colorised a photo of cav charging into tanks. Looked surreal and fascinating. I think it was battles in or around the Ottoman empire.

[@itnotmeitu3896]

End of imperialism? What? The french, American, Russian, Japanese, British, German, Italian, Belgian, Portuguese, Brazilian& Dutch empires were all thriving at that point until the 1900s?

[@jonbaxter2254]

Having just watched your alternate Mongol history, and now a documentry on my favourite time period, you guys are masters of your craft.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@mikemodugno5879]

Definitely

[@TraGiiXzaze]

Now buy the game, or paradox wasted money advertising to you

[@chicken4976]

Your collabs with Paradox are amazing! Love your videos.

[@NoeHernandezPe767]

I’ve always believed our own century is the closest one to the 19th century, with different technologies, huge economic inequalities, religious decline etc. One of the most interesting periods in history, it’s very revealing about our own times when you study it

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The Victorian Era is undeniably an exciting time.

[@flerkan2802]

Top 10 Victorian age events. You wont belive number 6 😵😵

[@augustwolf_2256]

Slight mistake at 13:36 - The restorationist faction weren't fighting against the samurai, Most Samurai sided with The Emperor and initially the Restorationist forces were the more conservative/reactionary faction. Also, both sides used a mixture of western and medieval weapons and had support/were supplied by Europeans - the Idea that the samurai thought it was dishonorable to fight with guns and cannon is a myth. It was only after the Meiji Emperor continued modernization/westernization when the Samurai revolted in the Satsuma rebellion.

[@greywolf7577]

Another mistake is they showed West Virginia as a border state even though it wasn't created until after the Civil War started.

[@Lcngopher]

@@greywolf7577and once it was created, it became a border state. The map wasnt showing any specific time

[@yashashgc3488]

You forgot about the 1857 mutiny in India, the removal of east India company.

[@l.s.9095]

Truly such a peacefull period, good thing that Paradox has made war into a side hustle in VIC 3.

[@notrobert8284]

Whoa whoa whoa, side hustle is a bit much dont you think? I’d say it’s more like a dead end minimum wage job that you know you’ll never get out of despite desperately begging your superiors for a raise and a stable position…

[@italianspaghett4359]

I love frontline warfare in 1840, it's so historicaly accutate. I have waited 5 years for this game and it's going to be a flop...

[@fareflight2029]

Being able to control your units in war is such a legacy feature. Don't you just want your stupid AI generals to do everything for you?

[@l.s.9095]

@@italianspaghett4359 Yeah and I'm really happy that we can replicate historical manouvers from real wars in the game. Like the great Ottoman mass teleportation during the Ottoman-Egyptian war (as shown in the Dev stream)...things like this defined military strategy and tactics even until today, it would be shame if they weren't in the game.

[@l.s.9095]

@@notrobert8284 Thats a better analogy that what I came up with :D

[@petrus9]

Awesome video! The Victorian Era is fascinating. Can't wait for more Victorian Era videos!

[@maxraynard8433]

Great video and I'm subscribed to your channel and love your videos - but I have one minor nitpick. the Boshin War and Satsuma rebellion featured both sides using modern technology and gunpowder weapons...it wasn't like sword wielding samurai were on one side. In fact there were "samurai" i.e. people from the samurai class on both sides. Both sides also bought weapons from European powers and had European advisors. Japanese people weren't idiots, they knew gunpowder weapons were superior and had been using them as a major part of their army for hundreds of years at that point. One case I'm aware of in the Battle of Shiroyama the forces of Saigo Takamori used a sword charge cause they had run out of ammo for their guns. The idea of sword wielding samurai comes from Total War games and Tom Cruise film "Last Samurai," both are great but not historically accurate.

[@joenichols3901]

So well done like always. I have learned so much general history from this channel. Each video just adds another piece of information for when I think about history

[@coitze8704]

Yous should really do more videos like this. The 19th century is by far the most interesting one given how so much happened in so many different aspects, yet it's barely talked about. Excellent work and narration as always, looking forward to the future!

[@joeg7849]

I enjoy your historical narrations. I like the historical detail you add, and the graphics are entertaining. Thank you.

[@adamfrazer5150]

This is Saturday morning drool-worthy 🤤 A great many thanks for the effort and talent poured into your content 👍🍻🇨🇦

[@marcello7781]

Awesome video! The 19th century is too oftenly underrated compared to the 20th century.

[@Loneaxe]

This was some next level video. Great job with this one Kings and generals

[@peterandjunko]

Surprised to see Orlando Bloom leading the revolutionaries at 5:43.

[@GoldenFinn]

My favorite channel doing a video in my favorite format (Top 10) Please do more top 10s! You guys are the best at it

[@lemonkrasavcik2114]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos!

[@rensd12]

Great video, your channel is a DIAMOND among available knowledge on the internet. Bravo!

[@finnlewis2528]

I'm surprised nothing was mentioned about the scramble for Africa

[@andrewsema359]

The History of the World in 20 min. Thanks K&G. Love your channel of history.

[@thitivatkosiyakul1009]

Thank You. This was brilliantly done.

[@bartrijken1577]

more than just a great video, even impressive, keep this up guys!!

[@joaocrispim3412]

One of your best videos! Congratulations

[@EJobuu]

These presentations are just phenomenal. I wish there was a way to get much more people to see them like in the millions. As history tends to repeat itself, it certainly would help to prevent the next great disaster of our civilization.

[@brokenbridge6316]

A great video. I like this idea for a series of new video's. Can't wait for part 2. Whenever it comes out.

[@joelslavis]

Well done very concise and clear good presentation congratulations

[@TheCradM]

I’m proud of the looks I get listening to you guys’ channel on a suround sound system at work hahahah

[@josephbritt6890]

Excellent show again

[@mikemodugno5879]

Great job K&G. This video really helped me understand the Treaty of Berlin and how the Balkans ended up so disgruntled. I would actually love to see more about the rise of Bulgaria (or any of the other Ottoman possessions) into nationhood. Thank you for the fantastic content.

[@Andre-pe9mm]

Once again another great video 👍

[@eugene251]

I was looking for this video for a long time ☺️☺️☺️.

[@daenghasriofficial]

Despite being underrated as per mentioned, Victorian era has always been my favorite subject for history. Eventhough its considered as an era of decline for most asian civilization including my own country whereby our ancestors were left far behind in terms of technological advancement driven by the European industrial revolution. But some events in our area almost sparked a revolution that could lead to our nations to be on par with the european just like japan did during meiji restoration, only it didnt fully happened. Very interesting era i must say. From feudalism to modern era.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

This video just ignited my curiosity even more. Specially in the lesser known regions of that age. Like Central and South America, Africa, Middle East, Southeast and the pacific Islands.

[@robbabcock_]

Terrific video!

[@minoru5760]

Well written script and great animation. I believe that the Victorian Era was time of innovation and tragedy. For example China has become stage of tragedy due to Western innovations, Japan switched to tragedy giving side by same ones. BTW Meiji wars weren't battle between Western style army and samurai, but battle in which both sides deployed cavalry and gun corps. So it could be said that proxy war between Britain behind royalists, and France supported shogunate. After all, it was the Victorian era!

[@theawesomeman9821]

I'm guessing you're not a fan of the Tom Cruise movie "The Last Samurai" right?

[@minoru5760]

@@theawesomeman9821 It's good movie, I had a fun in the theater. Just from my pov it isn't based on history.

[@mitonaarea5856]

It wasn't really a proxy war since western powers agreed to abstain from the conflict. It's just that some French officers that worked with the tokugawa shogunate chose to fight with the pro shogunate forces.

[@minoru5760]

@@mitonaarea5856 British ambassador to Japan Parkes led Japanese into thinking that BE was supporting Restoration, and Jardine Matheson was main seller of arms and ammo to anti-shogunate clans. OTOH French ambo Roches made it clear that his govt side with Tokugawa while they sent officers also to other clans, so exerted influence through army followed shogunate. Common matter anyway.

[@gustavrask8592]

Good video keep op the good work❤

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

A top ten list what a surprise

[@FurzNukem]

The fact that the obvious Sponsor of this is not mentioned in the Video is an unprecedented low for this Channel that i usally adore so much.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Are you high?

[@whowoulge1256]

have you read the title? Like at all?

[@sebastian577]

Great video, very excited for Victoria 3!

[@Kaiyanwang82]

Loved this one.

[@yannickbaroue]

Amazing video as usual!!! Kings and Generals the best History channel. Just one thing, Napoléon III did not proclame himself an Emperor but made a coup 3 years after he was elected Président, then citizens voted a Referendum, they accepted him as Emperor of the French. And French borders were not like this in 1848. Nice county became French in 1860

[@jackleadbeater4473]

I am from and still live in Barnsley. Barnsley has always remembered when the pits where open and the people have a close connection to the back ground.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video

[@jtarchitecture8939]

Very enlightening! particularly the balkan area events, which led directly to ww1. Thank you!

[@TiagoEstevinha]

Love the video!

[@prakashghumaliya2002]

Thank you for video sir

[@ThalesGMota]

Thanks For The Video.

[@TheRomanRuler]

Its quite amazing that you mention Bismarck's bad mood as big reason why negotiations ended unsatisfactorily. That man had more power than an Emperor.

[@nathanmuluneh6842]

I love the new style of videography

[@sidp5381]

Fantastic amazing week of contact from you guys can’t wait for more

[@urbanpetrichor7780]

I loved this content really interesting

[@alexiivanov5558]

I didn't know orlando bloom was an italian revolutionary

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The 11th thing that defined the Victorian Era were Vicky III demands.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Holy cow I'm early, just sat down for lunch and needed something to watch 😄

[@isocrates0001]

@11:55 very generous map of the Roman Empire. Only Trajan and Heracleus conquered that much, but Mesopotamia and N. Caucus regions were never fully absorbed into the administrative apparatus of the Empire.

[@Fattybryce]

Good video, really interesting.

[@troydodson9641]

A documentary on Napoleon caught my eye recently, and Victoria 3 coming out, I've been branching out of my usual periods. Amazing video, and a crazy time. I watched a video from Scotland History Tours about Scottish slavery, how the acts, laws and culture locked coal miners into what was essentially, slavery. Kings and Generals, you're doing God's work with the histories on full display for us good people. I thank you

[@alecshockowitz8385]

It is quite sad. Sadly, for most of history mining operations were so absolutely horrific with their conditions, and no real way to improve it, that people were forced into borderline slavery at best to keep them working. Mining Operations are also a big part of what pushed slavery all across the Ancient world for instance, because of the absurdly high death rates.

[@markusskram4181]

Love The vid !

[@dlugi4198]

I knew that all of these events have happened, but it was really nice to sort them with timeline.

[@Commander_Ray]

Glad to see Jon Snow finally got warm

[@Literarydilettante]

Bit weird that the Revolt of 1857 wasn't mentioned, considering it's the establishment of the Raj that financed and populated the Empire.

[@erikarzensek]

5:45 Orlando Bloom uniting Italy looking fresh.. or somehow William Turner used his 1 day every 7 years to step on land to fight for a greater cause 💪🏻😅

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

This could be a great series of videos! If so, could you do Key events of The Enlightenment??

[@willtothet]

Awesome!

[@TheAltair716]

I truly appreciate that you've mentioned the life of the lower classes, which had it very rough in those times! Power to the people!

[@spaceyjim0076]

Thank you John Snow. You sure didn’t sit still at the night watch

[@rafidog]

He knew a few things after all

[@andreasjames1956]

One day future generations will look at our era the same way we look at the Victorian era today

[@MegaGun2000]

Great video! Please make more videos about Indian history, outside of odd compass, They don't seem to be very many people who make good Indian history content Also Holy shit I get to watch a kings in generals video within the first 22 minutes of it being released

[@rogersledz6793]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

[@dhm7815]

I recently heard that California was involved in the Civil War. Like most Americans, including Californians today, I thought they were too far away. But there was a California Brigade serving in the Pennsylvania Militia and I guess that's why Pennsylvanians named a town in their state, California. But more to the point here. San Franciscans learned of the Battle of Ft. Sumter a week after it happened -- when the Pony Express brought the news. They learned of the assassination of Lincoln the next morning because the transcontinental telegraph was built during the war.

[@dvwjr79]

Actually, there were no California organized troops serving in the eastern Union Armies. Californians pooled money and asked Oregon Senator Edward Baker to head east and raise a brigade in the name of California. In April 1861, Senator Baker was commissioned by Abraham Lincoln to raise a California brigade in Philadelphia. So the California Brigade serving with the Union Army of the Potomac was recruited from Pennsylvania using California money. After the battle death of Senator Baker, in October 1861 - the state of Pennsylvania reclaimed the California Brigade as the Philadelphia Brigade which served with the AoP through Cold Harbor in 1864.

[@naseerkhan2149]

Very interesting vedio of Kings and gernal

[@090giver090]

5:44 Didn't know that Orlando Bloom and Angeline Joly participated in Italian Revolution back in 1848 )))

[@KarmaEpsilon]

I am so excited for this game and I am so so sad that my four day weekend (I'm a history teacher) is the weekend BEFORE this comes out not after

[@hegantank6495]

more excited for these videos than for the game

[@Soult492]

If i may, during the Boshin War the Shogunate Army was a standing professional and modernised army like that of the Imperial alliegance. Even in the subsequent Sastuma's rebellion they didn't use swords and armors anymore ;) Hoping i've been useful, best regards Nicolò

[@MistaHassan]

Please do one on EU4, you make great videos and one on EU4 would be amazing

[@Q8Tsar]

amazing 👌👌

[@ivantorcic9909]

On many maps in this video you showed the city of Zagreb as part of the Ottoman Empire. Zagreb (and Croatia) were part of Austria-Hungary.

[@xModerax]

Omg yes, the perfect crossover 🥰

[@epicmickey2351]

Didn’t some Dev told us in stream that the 19th century was one of the most peaceful era’s when justifying changing the micromanaging of units during warfare?

[@cerdic6305]

Yes and it is true in a sense, there were fewer great power conflicts (wars between the most powerful countries) in Europe compared to earlier eras. However there was quite a lot of war other than that, including colonial wars so the dev’s argument is pretty weak

[@Gorboduc]

Need to start the next one with the 1884 Berlin Conference and the ensuing scramble for Africa. Heck, just do ten main events in Imperialism.

[@robertb1802]

I am impressed by how well the guy who got beated, stabbed and then shot in the head at 5:57 held up.

[@efstratiosgkritzalas4514]

love the mentioning of women at the mines act and also nightingale as mother of nursing and public statistics during victorian era.

[@gmanbo]

A video on that Berlin conference. Where Bismarck had issues and the power balance was set up for failure would be welcome. I didn't know about that specific incident at all. While I expect the complexity and depth of contention involved in the conference are high. A look at this would be very welcome. I keep remembering Bismarck saying that "some fool thing" in the Balkans would kick off the next war. After hearing about the berlin conference I am left wondering if that statement has some links to this general situation and the instability it created. While the Balkans are still the crossroads and spark point. I am left wondering with better management could the power keg of Europe have been starved of sparks a little longer? Honestly this treaty from the above description has echos of the treaty of Versailles at the end of WW1 in that it helped set the stage of how / where the next war would arise. Not to anything like the same magnitude but the seeds seem to have been planted.

[@SIZModig]

The art at 14:00 is very.. suggestive X)

[@teddyroosevelt512]

Please please do a series about the American Civil War

[@catelfpoland8717]

This should be played in schools now!

[@petertyson4022]

Victory age is well documented. Will in Britain. But it's good to see what other countries were up to. Especially in Europe. That was interesting. 👍😊

[@jouhanneus]

What happened to series you were going to do on the American Civil War…?

[@magnusbuckus3266]

According to certain politicians it was a wonderful utopian age where nothing bad ever really happened.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

A lot more good than bad happened in that era. A far greater century when compared the one coming after it.