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#OnThisDay, 28 June 1838, Victoria was crowned as Queen of Great Britain. She was 18 years old, and reigned for 63 years.
Her reign saw a huge expansion of the British Empire.
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#OnThisDay, 28 June 1762, Russian Empress consort Catherine forced her husband Peter III to abdicate in her favour. She was crowned Catherine II (aka the Great) in September 1762.
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#OnThisDay, 14 Jan 1972, Margrethe II becomes queen of Denmark, ruling in her own right.
She is the first regnant queen of Denmark since Margrethe 1 in 1375–1412.
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