Location:
England
Coordinates:
51.5074, -0.1278
Events at London (64)
60
ID: 2524
Boudica's Rebellion begins - Iceni queen leads uprising after Romans flog her and rape daughters, burns Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium
ID: 2524
842
ID: 2626
Vikings attack London - great slaughter in London, first major Viking assault on the city
ID: 2626
886
ID: 2630
Alfred retakes London - restores and refortifies city, all English not under Danish rule accept him as king
ID: 2630
991
ID: 2631
First Danegeld payment - Ethelred pays 10,000 pounds of silver to Vikings after Battle of Maldon defeat
ID: 2631
994
ID: 5805
Second Danegeld payment - 16,000 pounds paid to Olaf Tryggvason and Sweyn Forkbeard after siege of London
ID: 5805
1002
ID: 3717
November 13, 1002
St. Brice's Day Massacre - Ethelred orders killing of all Danes in England, triggers massive Viking retaliation
ID: 3717
1012
ID: 2637
Massive Danegeld of 48,000 pounds paid - largest payment ever to Vikings, Thorkell the High enters English service
ID: 2637
1013
ID: 3718
Sweyn Forkbeard conquers England - Danish king drives out Ethelred, becomes King of England
ID: 3718
1013
ID: 2566
Sweyn Forkbeard conquers England - Ethelred flees to Normandy, Sweyn recognized as king
ID: 2566
1013
ID: 5812
Thorkell defends London against Sweyn - Viking mercenary fights for England against Danish invasion
ID: 5812
1014
ID: 5879
Emma returns as queen - accompanies Aethelred back to England after Sweyn's death
ID: 5879
1014
ID: 2567
February 3, 1014
Death of Sweyn Forkbeard - dies after five weeks as king, Ethelred returns from exile
ID: 2567
1016
ID: 3720
Cnut becomes King of England - Danish prince conquers England, later rules Denmark and Norway as North Sea Empire
ID: 3720
1016
ID: 2568
Cnut becomes King of England - defeats Edmund Ironside, begins Danish dynasty, marries Aethelred's widow Emma of Normandy (1017)
ID: 2568
1016
ID: 5832
Cnut replaces ealdormen with earls - Danish term 'jarl' becomes 'earl', fewer but more powerful than old ealdormen, govern multiple shires
ID: 5832
1016
ID: 5880
April 23, 1016
Death of Aethelred leaves Emma vulnerable - widow with young sons, Edmund Ironside becomes king briefly
ID: 5880
1017
ID: 5881
July 1017
Emma marries Cnut the conqueror - extraordinary political marriage, former enemy becomes husband, secures her position
ID: 5881
1028
ID: 2640
Cnut and the tide (legend) - demonstrates limits of royal power by commanding tide to stop, throne gets wet
ID: 2640
1035
ID: 2569
November 12, 1035
Death of Cnut the Great - ruled England, Denmark, Norway, and parts of Sweden, empire divides among sons
ID: 2569
1041
ID: 5888
Edward returns after Harthacnut's invitation - Emma's son by Aethelred reconciles with her after 25 years
ID: 5888
1042
ID: 2570
Edward the Confessor becomes king - son of Ethelred, raised in Normandy, dominated by Earl Godwin
ID: 2570
1042
ID: 3722
Edward the Confessor restores Anglo-Saxon rule - son of Ethelred returns from Norman exile, ends Danish dynasty
ID: 3722
1051
ID: 2572
Godwin family exiled - Edward the Confessor breaks free from Godwin control, Norman influence increases
ID: 2572
1052
ID: 2573
Godwin returns with fleet - forces Edward to restore him, Norman courtiers flee, Godwin power restored
ID: 2573
1066
ID: 2579
April 1066
Halley's Comet appears - visible for weeks, seen as omen of disaster, depicted in Bayeux Tapestry
ID: 2579
1066
ID: 2580
May 1066
Tostig raids English coast - Harold's exiled brother attacks with fleet, driven off to Scotland
ID: 2580
1066
ID: 2584
October 6, 1066
Harold's forced march south - covers 250 miles from York to London in 4-5 days, gathers fresh troops
ID: 2584
1135
ID: 186
Stephen seizes English throne - begins 'The Anarchy,' 19 years of civil war with Empress Matilda
ID: 186
1139
ID: 2607
The Anarchy begins - Matilda lands in England to claim throne, 19 years of civil war follow
ID: 2607
1139
ID: 5820
Sheriff system breaks down during Anarchy - local strongmen usurp sheriff offices, royal revenue collection collapses
ID: 5820
1144
ID: 2610
Height of the Anarchy - Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says 'Christ and his saints slept', illegal castles everywhere
ID: 2610
1147
ID: 2611
Young Henry of Anjou visits England - 14-year-old future Henry II makes first attempt, Stephen chivalrously pays for his return
ID: 2611
1147
ID: 222
Wendish Crusade begins - Germans crusade against Slavic pagans, forced conversions
ID: 222
1147
ID: 2612
October 31, 1147
Death of Robert of Gloucester - Matilda's half-brother and chief supporter dies, she returns to Normandy
ID: 2612
1153
ID: 2614
August 17, 1153
Death of Stephen's son Eustace - chokes to death (divine judgment?), Stephen loses will to fight
ID: 2614
1169
ID: 196
Normans invade Ireland - begin 800 years of English involvement
ID: 196
1169
ID: 2376
Strongbow invades Ireland - beginning of English involvement in Ireland that will last 800 years
ID: 2376
1173
ID: 2377
Great Revolt begins - Henry II's sons rebel with support from Eleanor, Louis VII of France, and William the Lion of Scotland
ID: 2377
1175
ID: 224
Three-field system spreading across Europe - increases agricultural productivity by 50%
ID: 224
1180
ID: 2144
Ranulf de Glanvill writes 'Tractatus de legibus' - first systematic treatise on English common law procedures and writs
ID: 2144
1189
ID: 202
Third Crusade begins - Richard Lionheart, Philip Augustus, Frederick Barbarossa respond to Jerusalem's fall
ID: 202
1190
ID: 2382
Richard I sells offices and lands - 'I would sell London if I could find a buyer' to fund Crusade
ID: 2382
1190
ID: 88
Magnetic compass reaches Europe from China via Arab traders - revolutionizing navigation
ID: 88
1190
ID: 203
June 10, 1190
Frederick Barbarossa drowns crossing river in Armenia - German crusade collapses
ID: 203
1191
ID: 206
Eisai introduces Zen Buddhism to Japan from China - transforms Japanese culture
ID: 206
1192
ID: 2383
December 1192
Richard I captured returning from Crusade - held by Duke Leopold of Austria, then Emperor Henry VI
ID: 2383
1194
ID: 213
Richard Lionheart ransomed for 150,000 marks - twice England's annual revenue
ID: 213
1194
ID: 2384
February 4, 1194
Richard I ransomed for 150,000 marks - twice England's annual revenue, Eleanor organizes collection
ID: 2384
1198
ID: 209
Death of Averroes (Ibn Rushd) - last great Muslim Aristotelian philosopher, influences Aquinas
ID: 209
1381
ID: 2449
June 13, 1381
Peasants' Revolt reaches London - Wat Tyler's army burns Savoy Palace, kills Archbishop of Canterbury
ID: 2449
1450
ID: 2487
Jack Cade's Rebellion - Kentish rebels protest corruption and losses in France, briefly take London
ID: 2487
1483
ID: 2511
June 22, 1483
Dr. Shaw's sermon at St. Paul's - declares Edward IV's children bastards, Richard rightful king
ID: 2511
1743
ID: 517
April 1743
Emanuel Swedenborg's spiritual crisis begins Easter weekend in London - claims Christ appeared to him
ID: 517
1760
ID: 557
Franklin's London Masonic activities - visits lodges as colonial agent, made honorary member in Edinburgh
ID: 557
1801
ID: 678
London population 800,000; estimated 100,000 people vaccinated by this year
ID: 678
1841
ID: 830
London population reaches 2 million
ID: 830
1849
ID: 877
Henry Mayhew describes London water as color of strong green tea, solid as black marble
ID: 877
1849
ID: 878
Cholera hits London - 14,137 deaths, worst in London's history
ID: 878
1854
ID: 902
John Snow identifies contaminated water pump as cholera source in London
ID: 902
1859
ID: 924
London sewage system construction begins under Joseph Bazalgette
ID: 924
1867
ID: 957
Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital Volume I drawing on Prussian industrial conditions
ID: 957
1875
ID: 1000
London main drainage system completed
ID: 1000
1887
ID: 5612
August 23, 1887
British Merchandise Marks Act requires 'Made in Germany' labeling - intended to warn consumers of inferior German copies of Sheffield cutlery and Birmingham goods
ID: 5612
1896
ID: 5613
British journalist Ernest Edwin Williams publishes 'Made in Germany' - admits German goods now rival British quality, marking has backfired
ID: 5613