London History
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Historic Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 1381 - Peasant's Revolt attacks London
- Mid-1400s - Black Death killed half of London's population
- 1500s - Expansion of overseas trade
- 1600s - London limits expand beyond the City Walls
- 1665-1666 - Great Plague
- 1666 - Great Fire of London
- 1700s - London's role at centre of British Empire begins
- 1750 - Westminster Bridge opened
- 1831 - Became world's largest city
- 1836 - First London railroad constructed
- 1863 - London Underground subway system began
- 1888 - County of London established, absorbing the metropolitan area of Middlesex[1]
- 1900 - County of London divided into 28 new boroughs plus the City[2]
- 1925 - Lost status as world's largest city
- 1930s - Large numbers of Jewish immigrants arrived
- 1950s - Large numbers of Commonwealth immigrants began to arrive
- 1965 - Greater London established replacing the former administrative counties of Middlesex and London, in addition to absorbing parts of Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire. Reorganised the existing boroughs into 32 new boroughs plus the City[3]
Websites[edit | edit source]
- London's Past Online - Bibliography of British and Irish History. Exhaustive list of 40,000+ London histories categorized by topic. Subscription required.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Local Government Act 1888
- ↑ London Government Act 1899
- ↑ London Government Act 1963, Schedule 1