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*'''Mid-1400s''' - Black Death killed half of London's population | *'''Mid-1400s''' - Black Death killed half of London's population | ||
*'''1500s''' - Expansion of overseas trade | *'''1500s''' - Expansion of overseas trade | ||
'''1540''' - Major roads leading to London paved<ref name="dunn">Phillip B. Dunn, ''A Guide to Ancestral Research in London'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Mountainland Printing and Marketing, c1987, 1992), 2-5. {{FHL|579061|item|disp=FHL Book 942.1/L1 D27d}}.</ref> | *'''1540''' - Major roads leading to London were paved<ref name="dunn">Phillip B. Dunn, ''A Guide to Ancestral Research in London'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Mountainland Printing and Marketing, c1987, 1992), 2-5. {{FHL|579061|item|disp=FHL Book 942.1/L1 D27d}}.</ref> | ||
*'''1600s''' - London limits expand beyond the City Walls | *'''1600s''' - London limits expand beyond the City Walls | ||
*'''1665-1666''' - Great Plague killed 70,000 Londoners<ref name="dunn" /> | *'''1665-1666''' - Great Plague killed 70,000 Londoners<ref name="dunn" /> | ||
*'''1666''' - Great Fire of London<br> | *'''1666''' - Great Fire of London<br> | ||
*'''1674''' - Clandestine marriages at Fleet Prison first recorded<ref name="dunn" /> | *'''1674''' - Clandestine marriages at Fleet Prison first recorded<ref name="dunn" /> | ||
*'''1700s''' - London's role at centre of British Empire begins | *'''1700s''' - London's role at centre of British Empire begins | ||
*'''1750''' - Westminster Bridge opened | *'''1750''' - Westminster Bridge opened | ||