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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]
18th-century London; 1700–1800: Mid-18th-century view of London from Islington. ... Several long-standing London business trace their history back to this period, ...
London's population is 50,569 in the City, 3,779,728 in the county, and 4,766,661 in Greater London. [7] 1/8 of the UK's population now live in London. 18 April: The Natural History Museum opens [162] in South Kensington. 14–20 July: The International Anarchist Congress is held in London. 26 July: The Evening News is first published. [9]
Up until 1750, London Bridge was the only crossing over the Thames, but in that year Westminster Bridge was opened and, for the first time in history, London Bridge, in a sense, had a rival. In 1798, Frankfurt banker Nathan Mayer Rothschild arrived in London and set up a banking house in the city, with a large sum of money given to him by his ...
During 3rd century - London's population is around 50,000 due to the influence of its major port. c. 214 – London becomes the capital of the province of Britannia Inferior. c. 240 – The London Mithraeum is built. c. 250 – Coasting barge "Blackfriars I" sinks in the Thames at Blackfriars. 255 – Work begins on a riverside wall in London. [10]
The Gin Craze was a period in the first half of the 18th century when the consumption of gin increased rapidly in Great Britain, especially in London. Daniel Defoe commented: "the Distillers have found out a way to hit the palate of the Poor, by their new fashion'd compound Waters called Geneva, so that the common People seem not to value the ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1800 AD until 1899 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of the British Isles.
A map of the London Docks in 1831 A birdseye view dated 1845 At the London Dock in the 1820s, the Customs employed around 250 men and the Excise around 200. Port wine from Oporto being unloaded on a London Docks quayside, circa 1909. The London Docks were one of several sets of docks in the historic Port of London.