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Baker Street Station Restoration

Event, Architecture, Engineering

First public library in St Pancras

Event, Museums / Libraries

First gay rights demonstration

The first gay rights demonstration in Britain took place in Highbury Fields when about 150 members of the Gay Liberation Front held a torchlight rally against police harassment. Louis Eakes of the ...

Event, Gender Issues

Widening of Long Acre

Event, Transport

Great Exhibition

From the V&A website: "The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations was held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. It was the first international exhibition of manufacture...

Event, Commerce, Museums / Libraries

first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity

See Savoy Theatre.

Event, Engineering, Theatre

Worshipful Company of Fruiterers's 400th Anniversary

Event, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds

Regent's Park bomb

A bomb was hidden underneath the bandstand, possibly weeks in advance, with a timer set for the particular concert by the band of the 1st battalion Royal Green Jackets. Seven bandsmen were killed, ...

Event, Terrorism, Tragedy

St James's Church Garden opening

Event, Gardens / Agriculture

Crouch End Clock Tower Centenary

Event, Other