The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
On the 25th December 1066, William of Normandy was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
On the 19th December 1843, Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol was published in London by Chapman & Hall.
The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras station.
The closure of Palmer’s Shipyard was a devastating blow to the people of Jarrow, where unemployment had hit 70%.
The Metropolitan Police, which is often considered to be the first modern police force, began operating in London.
The Nazi German Luftwaffe launched the first of 57 consecutive days and nights of bombing raids on London in what became known as the Blitz.
Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.
The 9th July 1877 saw the world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begin at Wimbledon in London.
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018