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A Brief History of London - Time LineA Brief History of the London Area - As a Time Line
410 - Roman Legions leave Britain c. 600 - Saxon London built to the west of Londinium c. 871 - London sacked by the Danes 878 - King Alfred returns to London routing the Danes 1045 - King Edward (The Confessor) makes London his capital for England 1066 - William the Conqueror orders the building of a castle (The Tower of London) on his coronation 1213 - St Thomas's Hospital inaugurated by monks and nuns of the Augustinian order 1265 - The first English Parliament sits at Westminster 1347 to 1401 - The "Black Death" plague devastates the population of London 1599 - The Globe Theatre is completed 1605 - The "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up Parliament by Guy Fawkes, AKA Guido was an Elizabethan nobleman, adventurer, and politician is discovered 1665 - The bubonic plague kills around 70,000 Londoners 1666 - The Great Fire of London destroys the heart of London, raising over 13,000 houses and more than 80 churches to the ground 1694 - The Bank of England is formed 1712 - St Paul's Cathedral completed 1750 - The first Westminster Bridge is built 1785 - The Times newspaper first published 1812 - Spencer Percival the Prime Minister is assassinated 1827 - London Zoo founded at The Regent's Parkas a scientific establishment but not open to the public 1833 - London Fire Brigade formed 1839 - Nelson's Column completed in Trafalgar Square 1851 - 'The Great Exhibition' runs in Hyde Park 1853 - Harrods first opens its doors 1863 - The Metropolitan Line underground train line opens 1884 - Greenwich mean time established - Tower Bridge opened - Madame Tussauds opens on present site 1897 - Queen Victoria's jubilee year 1914 - London hit by first air raid by 'Zeppelin' air ship 1940 - German 'Luftwaffe' bomb London as part of the 'Blitzkrieg' 1948 - King George VI opens The Olympic Games at the original Wembley Stadium 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II coronation takes place at Westminster Abbey 1981 - First London Marathon - Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral 1992 - Canary Wharf opens 2000 - The (British Airways) London Eye - Millennium Wheel opens
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c.42 A.D. - "Londinium" established as a Roman port on the north bank of the River Thames by Emperor Claudius Nero Germanicus (41-54 A.D.)