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| 43 |
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The Romans build the first bridge over the Thames
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Roman conquest of Britain starts
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| 50 |
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Foundation of Londinium
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| 61 |
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London destroyed by Boudicca, 70,000 slaughtered
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| 125 |
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Fire destroys the city.
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| 200 |
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First Wall
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| 290 |
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London Mint established
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Romans withdraw
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| 519 |
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| Cedric 1 (first King of Wessex)
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| 534 |
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| 591 |
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| 597 |
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| 600 |
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Saxon London, most building focused outside the Walls
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| 604 |
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First St. Paul's
Mellitus appointed Bishop of London
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| 611 |
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| Ceolwulf
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| Ceolwulf |
| | Cynegils
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| 640 |
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First gold coin minted since Roman times
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| 643 |
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| Cynegils
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| Cynegils |
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| 672 |
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| Cenwalh
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| Cenwalh |
| | Queen Seaxburgh
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| 674 |
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| Queen Seaxburgh
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| Seaxburgh |
| Cenfus |
| | Cenfus
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| | Aescwine
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| 675 |
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All Hallows by the Tower founded
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| 676 |
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| Aescwine
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| Aescwine |
| | Centwine
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| 685 |
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| Centwine
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| Centwine |
| | Cadwalla
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| 688 |
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| 726 |
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| 740 |
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| Ethelheard
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| Ethelheard |
| | Cuthred
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| 756 |
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| Cuthred
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| Cuthred |
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| 757 |
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| Sigeberht
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| Sigeberht |
| | Cynewulf
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| 786 |
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| Cynewulf
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| Cynewulf |
| | Beohrtic
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| 802 |
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| Beohrtic
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| Beohrtic |
| | Egbert (Saxon)
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| 839 |
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| Egbert (Saxon)
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| Egbert |
| | Ethelwulf
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| 842 |
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Viking attack
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'Great Slaughter'
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| 851 |
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Vikings destroy London
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| 858 |
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| Ethelwulf
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| Ethelwulf |
| | Ethelbald
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| 860 |
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| Ethelbald
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| Ethelbald |
| | Ethelbert
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| 866 |
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| Ethelbert
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| Ethelbert |
| | Ethelred 1
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| 871 |
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| Ethelred 1
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| Ethelred 1 |
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| 886 |
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Alfred retakes London, rebuilding of Walls
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| 899 |
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First known reference to Queenhithe (mouth of the Fleet River)
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| Alfred the Great
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| Alfred |
| | Edward the Elder
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| 924 |
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| Edward the Elder
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| Edward |
| | Athelstan
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| 939 |
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| Athelstan
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| Athelstan |
| | Edmund 1
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| 946 |
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| 949 |
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First known mention of Billingsgate
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| 951 |
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First mention of St Andrew Holborn
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| 955 |
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| 959 |
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| 975 |
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| Edgar
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| Edgar |
| | Edward (St Edward the Martyr)
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| 978 |
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| Edward (St Edward the Martyr)
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| Edward |
| | Ethelred 2 (the Unready)
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| 1014 |
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London bridged pulled down by King Olaf
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| 1016 |
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Canute captures London and becomes King
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| Ethelred 2 (the Unready)
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| Ethelred |
| Edmund |
| | Edmund 2
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| | Canute (Danish/Viking)
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| 1035 |
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| Canute (Danish/Viking)
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| Canute |
| | Harold 1 Harefoot
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| 1040 |
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| Harold 1 Harefoot
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| Harold |
| | Hardecanute
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| 1042 |
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London made capital
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| Hardecanute
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| Harold |
| | Edward the Confesser (Saint) (Saxon)
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| 1050 |
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Edward the Confessor starts rebuilding Westminster Abbey
St James's Leper Hospital founded
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| Edward the Confesser (Saint) (Saxon)
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| 1066 |
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Building on St Peters Island enlarged.
First coronations in Westminster Abbey
William grants London Charter
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Battle of Hastings
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| Edward the Confesser (Saint) (Saxon)
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| Edward |
| Harold 2 |
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| | William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| 1067 |
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St. Magnus the Martyr founded
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| William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| 1078 |
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Start of building work on the White Tower
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| William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| 1079 |
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Londons first charter granted
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| William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| 1080 |
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St. Mary Le Bow built
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| William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| 1085 |
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Population 10,000-15,000
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| William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| 1086 |
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Doomsday book complete
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| William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| 1087 |
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St Paul's burns down
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| William 1 - The Conqueror (Normans)
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| William 1 |
| | William 2
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| 1091 |
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London Bridge swept away
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| 1096 |
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First Crusade
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| 1097 |
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Westminster Hall built
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| 1100 |
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St. Stephen Walbrook founded
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| William 2
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| William 2 |
| | Henry 1
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| 1101 |
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St. Giles founded
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| 1108 |
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St. Katherine Cree founded
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| 1123 |
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St Bartholomew's Hospital founded
St Bartholomew's the Great founded
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| 1130 |
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Holborn Bar built
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| 1133 |
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First Bartholomew's Fair held
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| 1135 |
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| 1136 |
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London Bridges burns down
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| 1137 |
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St Sepulchre founded
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| 1138 |
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First reference to St Martin-Within-Ludgate
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| 1141 |
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| 1144 |
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First reference to St Nicholas Cole Abbey.
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| 1147 |
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First mention of St Andrew Undershaft
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Second Crusade
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| 1148 |
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St Katharine's Hospital founded by Queen Matilda
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| 1154 |
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| Matilda
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| Matilda |
| | Henry 2 (Plantagenet)
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| 1155 |
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Vintner's Company granted Charter
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| 1167 |
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Oxford University founded
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| 1170 |
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Weekly horse fair at Smithfield
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Thomas Becket murdered
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| 1173 |
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First description of London by Fitz Stephen
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| 1174 |
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Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral started
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| 1176 |
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Stone London Bridge built (complete in 1209)
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| 1180 |
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Population 40,000
First reference to Goldsmith's Company
Miracle Plays performed at Clerkenwell
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| 1184 |
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St Bartholomew the Lesser founded
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| 1185 |
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Temple church founded
St. Dunstan-in-the-west founded
St John's founded
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| 1189 |
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First reference to St Margaret's Westminster
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Third Crusade
Masicare of the Jews (first use of the term Holocaust)
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| Henry 2 (Plantagenet)
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| † Henry |
| | Richard 1 - Lion Heart
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| 1191 |
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Commune founded
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| 1192 |
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Permission granted for a mayor and alderman with own court
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| 1193 |
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Henry Fitzailwin mayor (until 1212)
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| 1194 |
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Building of Chartres cathedral begins
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| 1197 |
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St. Margaret Lothbury founded
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| 1199 |
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First building regulation introduced
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St. Helen founded
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Archbishop of Canterbury takes up residence in Lambeth
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Cambridge University founded
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Parliament meets in St Brides
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London Bridges burns down, 3,000 killed
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St Thomas's Hospital founded
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City charter granted
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Mayor of London signs Magna Carta
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First Barons War
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St. Michael Paternoster Royal founded
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Lady Chapel added to Westminster Abbey
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First church built on the site of St. Martin's in the Field
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Christchurch Newgate (Grayfriars) founded
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Saintonge War
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First reference to what is now St Andrew By The Wardrobe
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Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey started
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Savoy Palace built
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Bethlehem Hostipal for the Insane founded (Bedlam)
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Robin Hood dies
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First reference to Holborn
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Austin Friars founded
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Protocoll of Oxford signed (founding of Parliament)
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Massacre of Jews in the city
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Second Barons War
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1st parliament in Westminster
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Second Barons War
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Consecration of Westminster Abbey (current building)
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Sir William Wallace born
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Macro Polo travels to China
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First Craft Guild
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First mention of 'Flete Strete' (Fleet Street)
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St Etheldreda founded
First Licensed House. The Hop and Grapes in Aldgate High Street
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Expulsion of the Jews
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Eleanor's cross erected at Charing Cross
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Switzerland created
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First War of Scottish Independence
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Pig Styes banned from the street
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
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First War of Scottish Independence
Sir William Wallace executed
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First War of Scottish Independence
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William Tell shoots the apple
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| 1310 |
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Giotto paints The Ascension
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Parliament meets in the Blackfriars Monastery
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Dante finishes the Devine Comedy
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| 1315 |
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Chapel founded on site that later become Grays Inn
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Great Famine
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| 1320 |
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First Middle Temple Hall built
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First common council
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| 1337 |
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Hundred Years War
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| 1338 |
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Exchequer moves to Westminster, London becomes the de facto capitol
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Hundred Years War
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| 1348 |
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Plague. Cemetery placed on future site of Charterhouse
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Hundred Years War
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| 1349 |
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Plague ends. 10,000 buried in West Smithfield alone
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Hundred Years War
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| 1350 |
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1/3 of the population dead
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Whittington, Richard Lord Mayor (1350-1423)
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Bible translated into English
Hundred Years War
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| 1356 |
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Battle of Poitiers
Hundred Years War
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| 1366 |
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Jewel Tower built
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Hundred Years War
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| 1370 |
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Grays Inn founded
Charterhouse Priory founded
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Hundred Years War
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| 1371 |
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Charterhouse founded
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Hundred Years War
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| 1375 |
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First mention of Staples Inn
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Hundred Years War
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| 1377 |
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Chancery Lane cut
Population 40,000
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Hundred Years War
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| 1381 |
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Peasants Revolt -Wat Tyler executed. Savoy Palace destroyed during revolt
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Peasants Revolt
Hundred Years War
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| 1382 |
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Earthquake recorded
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Hundred Years War
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| 1386 |
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Ming dynasty founded in China
Hundred Years War
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| 1388 |
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Chaucer finishes The Canterbury Tales
Hundred Years War
Merciless Parliament
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| 1391 |
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Richard Whittington mayor (until 1419)
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Hundred Years War
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| 1399 |
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Westminster Hall burned down, rebuilding starts
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Hundred Years War
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| 1400 |
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Billingsgate Market granted its charter
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Hundred Years War
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| 1411 |
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Guildhall building starts
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| 1412 |
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Lincoln's Inn founded
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| 1413 |
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Hundred Years War
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| 1415 |
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Battle of Agincourt
Hundred Years War
Les Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry written
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| 1417 |
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Holborn paved
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Hundred Years War
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| 1421 |
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St. Michael's Cornhill founded
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| 1422 |
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Guildhall complete
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| 1423 |
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Richard (Dick) Whittington dies
Newgate prison rebuilt
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| 1431 |
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Joan of Arc executed
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| 1446 |
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Rebuilding of St Andrews
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| 1450 |
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Parliament meets in the Blackfriars Monastery
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End of the 100 years war
Gutenberg set up his press
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Wars of the Roses
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Wars of the Roses
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Caxton sets up first printing press
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Wars of the Roses
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Wars of the Roses
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Spanish Inquisition
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Wars of the Roses
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St Margaret’s rebuilt
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Old Hall Lincoln's Inn built
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Columbus discovers the West Indies
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First library founded
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Cornish Rebellion
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Michelangelo starts work on the Sistine Chapel
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St Paul's School fiunded
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St. Andrew Undershaft founded
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Magellan completes first circumnavigation of the world
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War of the League of Cognac
Fall of Wolsey
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Sir Thomas Moore executed
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Aldwych Palace built
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First mention of The George in Southwark
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Grays Inn hall built
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Westminster School founded
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Shakespeare born
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Bruegel paints the wedding dance
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Royal Exchange built
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Potatoes introduced to Europe
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Middle Temple Hall
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Harrow School founded
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Inigo Jones born
John Dunne born
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Middle Temple Hall rebuilt
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Blackfriars playhouse founded
First Theatre in Shoreditch by James Burbage
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Rose Theatre built in Southwark
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Royal proclamation bans building for 3 miles outside the city gates
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Drake completes his circumnavigation of the world
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Population 120,000
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England founds the colony of Newfoundland
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First mention of Ye old Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street
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| 1585 |
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Shakespeare arrives in London
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BOROUGH, Stephen (1525-1585),
Walsingham, Sir Francis (1532-1590) - Spys
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Anglo-Spanish War
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Staples Inn built
Publication of Stow's Survey of London
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Walsingham, Sir Francis (1532-1590) - Spys
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Galileo publishes his work on motion
Anglo-Spanish War
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| 1594 |
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First performance of Comedy of Errors
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FROBISHER, Sir Martin (1535?-1594)
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Anglo-Spanish War
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Sir Francis Drake dies
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| 1598 |
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Timbers of the Shoreditch Theatre used to build the Globe
John Stow's Survey of London Published
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Anglo-Spanish War
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| 1599 |
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Dry dock built in Rotherhithe
Globe Theatre built in Southwark
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Anglo-Spanish War
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The East India company is founded
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| 1603 |
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Plague 25,000 dead
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Anglo-Spanish War
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| Elizabeth 1
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Anglo-Spanish War
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Gunpowder plot
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Galileo Galilee observes the moon
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Prince Harry's Room in the Temple built
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Charterhouse school founded
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First house in the Piccadilly area built.
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East India Doch built
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Building starts on the Queens House
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Shakespeare dies
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30 years war begins
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| 1619 |
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Work begin on Banqueting House
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Harvey discovers the circulation of the blood
Thirty Years War
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| 1620 |
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Lincoln Inn Chapel built
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Thirty Years War
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Thirty Years War
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| 1626 |
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York Watergate built
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Thirty Years War
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| 1627 |
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Works starts on Covent Garden Piazza
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Thirty Years War
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| 1629 |
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Lincoln's Inn Field enclosed
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Thirty Years War
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| 1630 |
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Population 200,000
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Work begins on the Taj Mahal
Thirty Years War
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| 1631 |
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St. Paul's Covent Garden founded
Kew Palace
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Thirty Years War
Dunne dies
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| 1632 |
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Van Dyck comes to work in London
Works starts on Covent Garden
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WREN, Sir Christopher (1632-1723) - Memorial and Tomb
WREN, Sir Christopher (1632-1723),
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Christopher Wren born
Thirty Years War
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| 1633 |
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Bow Street cut
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PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703),
PEPYS, Samuel.
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Thirty Years War
Samuel Pepys born
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| 1637 |
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Development of the Leicester Square area started
Hyde Park opened
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Thirty Years War
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SACKVILLE, Charles , Earl of Dorset (1638-1706),
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Thirty Years War
Bishops Wars
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| 1640 |
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Lindsey House built
Lincoln's Inn Field built
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WYCHERLEY, William (1640?-1716),
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Thirty Years War
Bishops Wars
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| 1642 |
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Blackfriars playhouse closed by the Puritans
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NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727),
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Rembrandt paints The Night Watch
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Thirty Years War
Civil War starts
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| 1644 |
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Burlington House built
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Thirty Years War
English Civil War
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| 1647 |
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Eleanor's cross is removed by Puritans
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Thirty Years War
English Civil War
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| 1648 |
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GIBBONS, Grinling (1648-1721),
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
30 year’s war ends
English Civil War
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English Civil War
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All Hallows by the Tower
RADCLIFFE, John (1650-1714),
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
English Civil War
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| The commonwealth - Oliver Cromwell
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Hays Wharf built
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English Civil War
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| The commonwealth - Oliver Cromwell
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| 1652 |
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First coffee house in St. Michael's Alley
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Inigo Jones dies
Anglo-Dutch War 1
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| The commonwealth - Oliver Cromwell
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| 1654 |
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Anglo-Spanish War
Anglo-Dutch Wars 1
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| The commonwealth - Oliver Cromwell
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| 1657 |
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Pendulum clock invented by Huygen
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| The commonwealth - Oliver Cromwell
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| 1658 |
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First accurate map of London is published
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Oliver Cromwell dies
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| The commonwealth - Oliver Cromwell
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| 1660 |
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Regicides executed at Charing Cross
The Mall laid out
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SLOANE, Sir Hans
SLOANE, Sir Hans (1660-1753),
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DEFOE, Daniel (1661-1731),
HARLEY, ROBERT , Earl of Oxford (1661-1724)
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First medical student recorded at St Bartholomew's Hospital
Royal Society founded
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Theatre Royal Dury Lane built
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British seize New York
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Great Plague, at least 70,000 dead
Nell Gwyn makes here debut
Leicester Square laid out
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Anglo-Dutch War 2
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Great fire of London
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Anglo-Dutch War 2
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Anglo-Dutch War 2
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St. Edmund the King and Martyr rebuilt
St Brides rebuilt
St. Michael's Cornhill rebuilt
St Sepulchre rebuilt
Covent Garden Market in granted a charter
Piccadilly cut
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Monument built
St. Magnus the Martyr rebuilt
St. Lawrence Jewryre built
First bank established
First public clock with a second hand erected
College of Arms rebuilt
St Nicholas Cole Abbey rebuilt
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Colonel Blood tries to steal the Crown Jewels
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St. Stephen Walbrook rebuilt
Newgate Prison rebuilt
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Anglo-Dutch War 3
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Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam)- Liverpool Street Station
BRIDGEMAN, Sir Orlando (c.1606-1674),
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John Milton dies
Anglo-Dutch War 3
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Work begins on the Greenwich Observatory
Rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral starts
Statue of Charles 1 erected at Charing Cross
Golden Square laid out
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Rebuilding of St. James Garlickhythe
Rebuilding of St. Anne and St. Agnes
St James Piccadilly built
Foundation of Chelsea Physic Garden
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CAMPBELL, Colen (1676-1729),
St Anne & St Agnes
WALPOLE, Sir Robert (1676-1745),
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| 1677 |
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Rebuilding of St. Peter's upon Cornhill
Rebuilding of Christ Church
Rebuilding of St Martin-Within-Ludgate
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Pump Court in the Temple built
St Clement Danes built
Downing Street built
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Penny post
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Rebuilding of St. Mary Aldermary
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New Square Lincoln's Inn built
Founding of Royal Hopital Chelsea
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| 1683 |
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Rebuilding of St. Mary Le Bow
Rebuilding of St. Clement Danes
Rebuilding of St Benet Paul's Wharf
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Execution Site - Lincolns Inn Fields
OLDFIELD, Ann (1683-1730),
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The apple falls on Newton's head
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Temple Gate House build
Rebuilding of St Andrews
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HANDEL, George Frederick (1685-1759),
Lincoln's Inn Chapel
St Andrew by the Wardrobe
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| 1686 |
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Rebuilding of St. Mary Abchurch
Rebuilding of St. Michael Paternoster Royal
Rebuilding of St. Margaret Lothbury
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| 1687 |
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Royal Hospital Chelsea Chapel built
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| 1688 |
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Apothecaries Hall built
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Mr Lloyds coffee house
PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703),
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744),
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War of the Grand Alliance
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| 1690 |
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GARTHWAITE, Anna Maria (1690-1763),
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| 1691 |
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ONSLOW, Arthur (1691-1768),
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| 1693 |
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Brompton Oratory
HARRISON, John (1693-1776),
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First Champagne produced
War of the Grand Alliance
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| James (abdicates)William and Mary
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| 1694 |
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Bank of England founded in Mercer's Hall
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CHESTERFIELD, Philip 4th Earl of (1694-1774),
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War of the Grand Alliance
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| James (abdicates)William and Mary
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| 1697 |
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CANAL, Antonio (CANALETTO) (1697-1768),
MACKLIN ,Charles (1697?-1797),
St Bartholomew the Great
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| 1698 |
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Whitehall Palace burned down
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Billingsgate founded
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St. Giles Mission built
Population 500,000
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| 1701 |
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Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue (Bevis Marks) built
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War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1702 |
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St Thomas's Soho founded
The first daily newspaper, the Daily Courant is published
Buckingham House rebuilt
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War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1703 |
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Laurence Pountney Hill 1 and 2 built
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PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703),
PEPYS, Samuel.
WESLEY, John (1703-1791),
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Pepys dies
War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1704 |
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First newspapers printed
Queen Anne's Gate built
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War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Blenheim
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| 1705 |
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Her Majesty's Theatre Haymarket built
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| 1706 |
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FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790),
SACKVILLE, Charles , Earl of Dorset (1638-1706),
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Battle of Ramillies
War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1707 |
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FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754),
FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754),
FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754),
WESLEY, Charles (1707-1788),
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| 1709 |
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Blewcoat School founded
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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784),
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War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1710 |
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Rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral finishes
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ARNE, Thomas (1710-1778),
Brompton Oratory
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War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1711 |
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Marlborough House
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War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1712 |
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St Paul's Chapter house built
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War of the Spanish Succession
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| 1714 |
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St. Mary Le Strand built
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RADCLIFFE, John (1650-1714),
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War of the Spanish Succession
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| Anne
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| † Anne |
| | George 1 (Hanoverians)
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| 1715 |
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Geffrye Museum Almshouses built
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| 1716 |
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St. Mary Woolnoth rebuilt
Assassination attempt on the future George 2
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George 2 - Assassination
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744),
WYCHERLEY, William (1640?-1716),
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| 1717 |
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BEARD, John (c.1717-1791)
GARRICK, David (1717-1779),
WALPOLE, Sir Robert (1676-1745),
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First smallpox inoculation
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Custom House burns down
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| 1720 |
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Haymarket Theatre built
Hanover Square
Westminister Hospital opened
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Bach composes the Brandenburg Concerto
The South Sea Bubble
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| 1721 |
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St. Martin's in the Field built
St John the Evangelist built
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GAGE, Thomas (1721-1787),
GIBBONS, Grinling (1648-1721),
SMOLLETT, Tobias (1721-1771),
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| 1722 |
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The Admiralty built
Guy's Hospital opens
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BURGOYNE, General John (1722-1792),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1723 |
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BRIDGEMAN, Charles
LINDSEY, Rev. Theophilus (1723-1808),
REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (1723-1792),
WREN, Sir Christopher (1632-1723) - Memorial and Tomb
WREN, Sir Christopher (1632-1723),
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Wren dies
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1724 |
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HARLEY, ROBERT , Earl of Oxford (1661-1724)
PORTUGUESE EMBASSY.
Sheppard, Jack
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1725 |
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CLIVE of India, Lord (1725-1774),
CROSBY, Brass (1725-1793),
OLDFIELD, Ann (1683-1730),
St Bartholomew the Great
Wild, Jonathan - Gangster
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1726 |
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Guy's House
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HOWARD, John (1726?-1790),
ROY, Major-General William (1726-1790),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1727 |
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GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas (1727-1788),
NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727),
WOLFE, General James (1727-1759),
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| George 1 (Hanoverians)
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| † George |
| | George 2
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1728 |
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ADAM, Robert (1728-1792)
COOK, Captain James (1728-1779),
HUNTER, John (1728-1793),
ONSLOW, Arthur (1691-1768),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1729 |
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Chiswick House
Marble Hill House
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BURKE, Edmund,
CAMPBELL, Colen (1676-1729),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1730 |
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St Bartholomew's Hospital rebuilt
Grosvenor Chapel built
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OLDFIELD, Ann (1683-1730),
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Gin drinking is the cause of 1 in 7 deaths in England
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1731 |
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CAVENDISH, Honble Henry,
DEFOE, Daniel (1661-1731),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1732 |
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Downing street becomes home to the First Lord of the Treasury
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ARKWRIGHT, Sir Richard (1732-1792),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1733 |
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Fleet river covered
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1734 |
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ROMNEY, George (1734-1802),
Topham (1739-1780),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1735 |
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Lincoln's Inn Field enclosed
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1736 |
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James Watt born
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1737 |
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Cabinet Office built
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CASLON, William.
GIBBON, Edward (1737-1792),
NOLLEKENS, Joseph (1737-1823),
Petty, William (1737-1805) the 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
STRYPE STREET.
TOWNLEY, Charles (1737-1805),
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1738 |
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Westminster Bridge built
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1739 |
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Mansion House built
Thomas Coram Foundling Hospital opens
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PORTUGUESE EMBASSY.
Topham (1739-1780),
WALTER, John (1739-1812),
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War of Jenkins' Ear
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1740 |
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Sadler's Well Theatre founded
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BOSWELL, James (1740-1795),
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War of the Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1741 |
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London Hospital founded
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DANCE, George, the younger (1741-1825),
FUSELI, Henry (1741-1825),
MALONE, Edmond (1741-1812),
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War of the Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1742 |
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Building of Horse Guards begins
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Handel's Messiah first performed
War of the Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
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| George 2
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| | Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington |
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| Sir Robert Walpole ( Whig) |
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| 1743 |
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BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743-1820),
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| Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington |
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| 1744 |
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Baltic Exchange founded
Baltic Exchange founded
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POPE, Alexander (1688-1744),
PORTUGUESE EMBASSY.
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War of the Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
War of the Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
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| Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington |
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| Whig
() |
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| 1745 |
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CHELSEA CHINA
George 4 - Scandal
WALPOLE, Sir Robert (1676-1745),
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War of the Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
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| Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington |
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| 1748 |
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Bow Street court built
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War of the Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
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DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840),
EARNSHAW, Thomas
FOX, Charles James (1749-1806),
FOX, Charles James (1749-1806),
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Work starts on Horse Guards
Westminister Bridge
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DE MIRANDA, Francisco (1750-1816),
PEEL, Sir Robert (1750-1830),
SMOLLETT, Tobias (1721-1771),
STUART, Prince CHARLES EDWARD
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ELDON, John Scott, Lord (1751-1838),
SHERATON, Thomas (1751-1806),
SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816),
SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley,
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Royal Naval College Chapel completed
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BURNEY, Fanny (Madame DArblay),
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