HMS Albion disaster
The Albion was a battleship built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company (TIASC) at Blackwall. The launching attracted huge crowds and, in spite of warnings that it was dangerous, some 20...
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London Bridge attack, 2017
This terror attack involved vehicle-ramming and stabbing. A van was deliberately driven into pedestrians on London Bridge, and then crashed on Borough High Street, just south of the River Thames. T...
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Women's suffrage
Throughout history women have generally not been allowed to vote, with, by the 19th century, a few exceptions based on the woman's marital status or her property ownership, and then only in some el...
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Roman invasion
The first Roman invasions of Britain took place in 55-54 BCE - Julius Caesar had two attempts. The Roman conquest was only completed in 43 BCE by Emperor Claudius.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and i...
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Battle of Brentford, 1642
One of the many battles of the English Civil War. King Charles's forces were advancing on London. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex attempted to stop them at the Brentford bridge. A small pitched...
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Indian Rebellion / Indian Mutiny
A major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company. Also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
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Mackenzie Road V2 bomb
At 9.26pm on 26 December 1944, the V2 rocket missile exploded at the junction of Mackenzie and Chalfont Roads. Over 340 people were casualties, which included 73 deaths and 86 suffering from sever ...
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Kings Road tenements WW2 attack
From Guinness Partnership History: "The biggest single loss of life at The Guinness Trust estates occurred in one night and at one estate – the 23 February 1944 at the Kings Road tenements. Bombers...
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Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat was a successful WW2 British deception operation to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. British intelligence obtained an unwanted body and took it to Hackney Mortuary w...
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