The document summarizes key historical events that occurred in England and Norway during the Victorian Era, including the Great Exhibition of 1851 in England that featured manufactured goods from around the world in the Crystal Palace; the impact of the English Industrial Revolution on transportation, social class, and public health; a 1831 cholera epidemic in England that killed thousands and led to public health reforms; and Norway gaining partial independence from Sweden in 1814 after years of economic and cultural decline under Danish rule.