On June 28, 1838, Princess Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey. At the same time, the famous Johann Strauss (father) was on tour for several months in the United Kingdom. Between a first concert on April 17, 1838 and the end of July, Johann Strauss and his orchestra gave a total of 79 performances in London alone, in front of all the elite of the London aristocracy: the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Buccleuch and Sutherland, the Countess of ...