Historic Timeline
- 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
- 1900 - County of London divided into 28 boroughs
- 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 - County of London abolished
- 1965 - Greater London established; added 32 additional boroughs
Websites
- London's Past Online - Bibliography of British and Irish History. Exhaustive list of 40,000+ London histories categorized by topic. Subscription required.