Question: what are the beginning and the ending years of the victorian period
Answer: Victorian era 1837 -- 1901 Queen Victoria by Bassano ( 1887 ) Preceded by Regency era Followed by Edwardian era Monarch Victoria Leader ( s ) Lord Melbourne Sir Robert Peel Lord John Russell Lord Derby Lord Aberdeen Lord Palmerston Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Lord Salisbury Lord Rosebery