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  2. Royal Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Historical Society 1868-1968. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 9780901050007. Milne, Alexander Taylor (1968). A Centenary Guide to the Publications of the Royal Historical Society 1868–1968, and of the former Camden Society 1838–1897. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN ...

  3. Timeline of London - Wikipedia

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    The Friendly Society of London, an early fire insurance company, is in business. [76] 1684 10 Downing Street is built in Westminster. Clarendon House, built between 1664 and 1667, is demolished for the construction of Albemarle Street. 1685 23 April: The coronation of the Catholic James II takes place in Westminster Abbey. [9]

  4. 19th-century London - Wikipedia

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    1890 London had 5,728 street accidents, resulting in 144 deaths. [109] London was the site of the world's first traffic lights, installed at the crossroads of Bridge, Great George, and Parliament Streets outside the Houses of Parliament. The 20 ft (6-metre) high column was topped by a large gas lamp, and opened in December 1868. [110]

  5. Timeline of London (19th century) - Wikipedia

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    The Chemical Society of London and the London Philanthropic Society [18] are founded. 1842 14 May: The Illustrated London News begins publication. [89] [6] 15 August: The Metropolitan Police establishes a Detective Branch. [27] 10 & 19 November: The Fleet Prison and Marshalsea debtor's prisons are closed, and inmates transferred to Queen's ...

  6. Category:Historical societies of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Royal Historical Society (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Historical societies of the United Kingdom" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.

  7. Social season (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The 1927 novel Lucia in London by E. F. Benson is set during the London season in the 1920s. The 1938 novel Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh is set during the London season. Eliza Doolittle 's first public tryout and debut into high society in My Fair Lady , the musical film version of George Bernard Shaw 's play Pygmalion , uses the idea of ...

  8. History of London - Wikipedia

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    London was a centre of England's nascent Jewish population, the first of whom arrived in about 1070. [12] Its growing self-government was consolidated by the election rights granted by King John in 1199 and 1215.

  9. Timeline of London (20th century) - Wikipedia

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    23–27 June: The Royal Agricultural Society of England holds its annual show at its Park Royal ground for the first time. Although this is intended to be a permanent site, the RAS sells it after 3 years. August: 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party moves from Brussels to London.