Olympic Games - 2012
See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
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Tour de France
Multiple stage bicycle race, which has been held annually (apart from the world wars) since its inception. Its first organiser was Henri Desgrange, and originally it ran around the perimeter of Fra...
1 memorial
Battle of Culloden
Final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the last battle fought on British soil.  The supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie fought King George II's forces led by the Duke of Cumberland.  T...
2 memorials
Entente Cordiale
Up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain and France had been at war on and off for centuries. The Entente Cordiale ('cordial agreement' doesn't really do it justice) settled a number...
2 memorials
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centenary Festival
A year-long series of events organised by the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, to mark the anniversary of the composer's death.
1 memorial
Bromley by Bow Health Centre opened
The Bromley by Bow Centre grew out of a church group.  In 1997 they opened the Healthy Living Centre which includes an NHS surgery, a cafe (very reasonably priced with great home-made cake on the d...
1 memorial
Cornhill market
Cornhill was apparently the only market allowed to be held after noon in the 14th century. Â Stow reports Cornhill holding a corn-market (not surprisingly) but also old clothes being sold there.
1 memorial
Napoleonic wars
Following the French Revolution France, under Napoleon, fought with most of Europe (primarily Britain, Spain, Russia and Austria) Â in various alliances for over a decade. Â The fighting spread as fa...
2 memorials
London Riots - 2011
On the 4th August 2011, Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black resident of Tottenham, North London, was shot and killed by the police. They stated that officers were attempting to arrest him on suspicion...
1 memorial
Moorgate tube disaster
At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end.  Because it was b...
2 memorials
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