The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution and weather conditions.
24th June 1812: Napoleon begins his failed invasion of Russia
24th June 2017
Englishman Theodore Hook orchestrated a practical joke known as the Berners Street hoax in the heart of London.
On the 17th October 1814 eight people were killed when nearly one and a half million litres of beer swept out of London’s Horse Shoe Brewery and formed an alcoholic tidal wave that swept down Tottenham Court Road.
The Battle of Cable Street saw demonstrators block a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
On the 31st August 1888, Mary Ann Nichols – commonly known as Polly – became the first confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper in the Whitechapel area of London.
The last execution at the Tower of London took place on the 15th August 1941. Josef Jakobs was a German spy who was arrested after he signalled for help after breaking his ankle when he parachuted into Britain.
Find out more at http://www.josefjakobs.info/
The English writer Daniel Defoe was put in the pillory for seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet.
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
On the 31st May 1669, Samuel Pepys wrote the final entry of his famous diary.
On the 19th May 1536, Anne Boleyn – Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of the future Elizabeth I – was beheaded in the Tower of London, having been found guilty of adultery, treason, and incest.
12th December 1935: Nazis introduce Lebensborn programme
12th December 2018
10th December 1901: The first Nobel Prizes awarded
10th December 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017