| Year | Month | Day | Event |
|---|
| 1065 |
Dec |
28 |
Westminster Abbey Is Consecrated |
| 1091 |
Oct |
17 |
Strong Tornado Strikes London, 1091 |
| 1571 |
Jan |
23 |
The Royal Exchange Opens In London |
| 1604 |
Nov |
01 |
Shakespeare's Othello For The First Time In London |
| 1611 |
Nov |
01 |
The Tempest Performed At Whitehall |
| 1650 |
Sep |
29 |
Henry Robinson Opens Office Of Addresses And Encounters |
| 1661 |
Jan |
06 |
Fifth Monarchists Fail To Control London |
| 1666 |
Sep |
03 |
London: Great Fire Destroys Royal Exchange |
| 1726 |
May |
09 |
Five Men Arrested In Molly House Raid And Executed At Tyburn |
| 1732 |
Dec |
07 |
London: Royal Opera House Opens |
| 1747 |
Jan |
31 |
London Lock Hospital Opens Veneral Disease Clinic |
| 1749 |
Apr |
27 |
Handel's, Music For Royal Fireworks, First Performed In London |
| 1755 |
Apr |
15 |
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Published In London |
| 1768 |
Apr |
04 |
Philip Astley Stages First Modern Circus In London |
| 1772 |
Jan |
01 |
First European Cheques Selling In London, England |
| 1776 |
Aug |
10 |
London Learns Of Revolutionary War And Declaration |
| 1783 |
Nov |
03 |
Austin Last Man Publicy Hanged |
| 1788 |
Jan |
01 |
First Edition Of Times Of London Published |
| 1809 |
Feb |
24 |
London: Drury Lane Theatre Burns Down |
| 1809 |
Sep |
18 |
The Royal Opera House In London Opens |
| 1810 |
Nov |
27 |
Hook Perpetrates Berners Street Hoax |
| 1812 |
May |
11 |
Spencer Perceval Assassinated By John Bellingham |
| 1812 |
Oct |
14 |
Work On London's Regent's Canal Starts |
| 1814 |
Oct |
17 |
Eight Die In London Beer Flood |
| 1826 |
Feb |
11 |
UCL Founded As University Of London |
| 1828 |
Oct |
25 |
St Katharine Docks Open In London |
| 1831 |
Aug |
01 |
A New London Bridge Opens |
| 1834 |
Oct |
16 |
Palace Of Westminster Burns To Ground |
| 1840 |
Apr |
27 |
Sir Barry Lays Westminster Palace Foundation Stone |
| 1842 |
May |
30 |
John Francis Attempts To Murder Queen Victoria |
| 1843 |
Oct |
01 |
News Of The World Publishes First Issue |
| 1844 |
Jun |
06 |
YMCA Founded In London |
| 1848 |
Jul |
11 |
Waterloo Railway Station In London Opens |
| 1849 |
May |
27 |
Londons Great Hall Of Euston Station Opened |
| 1851 |
Oct |
18 |
Moby-Dick First Published As The Whale |
| 1854 |
Oct |
21 |
Nightingale And Staffs On Crimean War |
| 1855 |
Apr |
19 |
Visit Of Napoleon III To Guildhall, London |
| 1857 |
Jun |
26 |
Victoria Cross's Investiture In Hyde Park |
| 1863 |
Oct |
26 |
Football Association First Formed In London |
| 1866 |
Jan |
12 |
The British Form Royal Aeronautical Society |
| 1873 |
Jun |
09 |
London: Alxandra Palace Burns Down |
| 1873 |
Aug |
23 |
Albert Bridge In Chelsea, London Opens |
| 1884 |
Jan |
04 |
Fabian Society Founded In London |
| 1887 |
Nov |
13 |
Bloody Sunday Clashes In Central London |
| 1895 |
Oct |
05 |
First Cycling Time Trial London |
| 1897 |
May |
22 |
Thames's Blackwall Tunnell Opened |
| 1897 |
Dec |
06 |
London Hosts Licensed Taxicabs |
| 1906 |
May |
26 |
Vauxhall Bridge Is Opened In London |
| 1909 |
Jun |
26 |
London: Science Museum Comes Into Existence |
| 1917 |
Jan |
19 |
Silvertown Explosion, 73 Killed, Hundreds Injured |
| 1924 |
Dec |
19 |
Last Silver Ghost Rolls Sold In London |
| 1936 |
Jun |
11 |
London International Surrealist Exhibition Opens |
| 1936 |
Sep |
10 |
Wembley Stadium: Motorcycle Speedway Championship |
| 1936 |
Oct |
05 |
The Jarrow March Sets Off For London |
| 1936 |
Nov |
30 |
London's Crystal Palace Burns |
| 1940 |
May |
05 |
Norwegian Refugees Exiled In London Form Government |
| 1944 |
Sep |
08 |
London Is Hit By V-2 Rocket |
| 1946 |
Jan |
10 |
Fifty-one Nations Represent First UN London Opening |
| 1948 |
Jul |
28 |
Police Flying Squad Foils A Bullion |
| 1952 |
May |
02 |
The De Havilland Comet 1 Flew |
| 1954 |
Mar |
22 |
London Bullion Market Reopens |
| 1975 |
Sep |
28 |
London Spaghetti House Siege, 9 Hostages |
| 1976 |
May |
24 |
Commencement Of Concorde Service From London To Washington, D.C |
| 1977 |
Apr |
11 |
London's Silver Jubilee Buses Launched |
| 1977 |
Nov |
22 |
British Airways Inaugurates London - New York Service |
| 1980 |
Apr |
30 |
The Iranian Embassy Siege Begins In London |
| 1982 |
Jun |
19 |
Body Of Roberto Calvi Found Hanging |
| 1984 |
May |
08 |
The Thames Barrier Is Officially Opened |
| 1986 |
Jul |
23 |
London: Prince Andrew Marries Fergie |
| 1986 |
Oct |
09 |
The Phantom Of The Opera: Majesty's Theatre |
| 1990 |
Mar |
31 |
Londoners Protest Poll Tax |
| 1993 |
Apr |
24 |
Bishopgate Destroyed In IRA Bombing |
| 1997 |
Jun |
12 |
Queen Elizabeth II Reopens London Globe Theatre |
| 1999 |
Oct |
05 |
London Rail Crash Kills 31 |
| 2006 |
Dec |
07 |
150 Properties Damaged By Tornado In London |
| 2007 |
Jul |
01 |
Wembley Stadium Held The Diana Concert |
| 2012 |
Jul |
27 |
London: Opening Of 2012 Summer Olympics |