The infamous Bloody Sunday Protests were held in London.
The first-ever classified ad was published in The Times, London, UK.
A 14-year-old girl performed the world's first human cannonball in London, England.
The Albert Bridge opened in London, England.
Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The Tower Subway in London became the first underground tube railway to open.
The first traffic lights were installed in London.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
Sir William Huggins discovered the spectrum of a planetary nebula at his observatory in Upper Tulse Hill in London, England.
Charing Cross Railway Station opened in London, England.
London Underground was opened, making it the world’s oldest underground railway system.
The Westminster Bridge across The Thames opened in London, England.
London launched its first tram, built by George Francis Train from NYC.
London opened the world's first public flushing toilets.
The first WHSmith railway bookstore opened at London Euston Railway Station, London, UK.
Queen Victoria took to the throne during her coronation on this day at Westminster Abbey, London.
London Euston railway station officially opened.
The Metropolitan Police Service of London was founded.
Sir Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act in Britain.
St Katharine Docks opened in Central London, England, and it was one of the largest ports for trade in London in the 19th Century.
The first edition of The Standard was published in London.
The London Beer Flood, an industrial accident that created a 'beer tsunami,' resulted in the death of nine people.
The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, opened.
John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged on London's Tyburn Gallows.
The discovery of Earth's wobbling motion on its axis was presented to the Royal Society, London, in a letter written by astronomer James Bradley.
Opera 'Alexander's Feast' by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.
Claudius Amyand performed the first recorded appendectomy at St George's Hospital in London.
The Royal Opera House opened at Covent Garden, London, England.
Water Music by George Frideric Handel premiered on the River Thames, London, at the request of King George I.
The opera 'Rinaldo,' by George Frideric Handel, premiered at Haymarket Theatre in London, UK.
The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.
Queen Anne was coronated Queen at the Westminster Abbey, London.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
English composer Henry Purcell was appointed organist of the Chapel Royal, London.
The Great Fire of London was extinguished after destroying around 70,000 homes.
The Great Fire of London began.
The London Gazette published its first edition under the name The Oxford Gazette.
British Parliament met at the University of Oxford rather than the Palace of Westminster during the Great Plague of London.
During the Great Plague of London, infected persons' homes were marked with crosses.
King Charles II chartered the Royal Society in London, England.
English scientist Robert Hooke was appointed Curator of Experiments at The Royal Society, London, England.
Henry Robinson opened the first dating agency in the world.
The Long Parliament ordered all theaters to close in London, including The Globe Theatre, which was once partly owned by William Shakespeare.
King Charles I and the Queen fled from London to Oxford, Hampton Court.
King Charles I attacked the House of Commons.
A fire destroyed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
The first official performance of Macbeth by Shakespeare took place at the Globe Theatre in London, England.
Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in London.
Guy Fawkes was arrested while attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
The first known performance of William Shakespeare's 'Othello' occurred at Whitehall Palace, London.
