London
City
Capital of England and the United Kingdom, on the Thames, and seat of the Free French in exile during the Second World War.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1800 Great Britain
- since 1801 United Kingdom
Capital of
- May 1, 1707 – December 31, 1800 Great Britain
- June 1, 1940 – 1942 France
- June 18, 1940 – June 3, 1943 Free France
- United Kingdom
Events here 75
- June 1780 Gordon Riots
- July 14, 1786 Convention of London (1786)
- November 19, 1794 Jay Treaty
- January 1, 1801 Acts of Union 1800
- March 25, 1807 Slave Trade Act 1807
- May 11, 1812 Assassination of Spencer Perceval
- August 13, 1814 Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814
- October 20, 1818 Treaty of 1818
- March 17, 1824 Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
- 1827 Treaty of London (1827)
- 1830 London Conference of 1830
- February 3, 1830 London Protocol (1830)
- June 7, 1832 Reform Act 1832
- August 28, 1833 Slavery Abolition Act 1833
- October 16, 1834 Burning of Parliament
- April 19, 1839 Treaty of London (1839)
- July 15, 1840 Convention of London (1840)
- July 13, 1841 London Straits Convention
- June 25, 1846 Repeal of the Corn Laws
- February 21, 1848 The Communist Manifesto published
- May 1 – October 15, 1851 Great Exhibition
- 1852 London Protocol (1852)
- August 31, 1854 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak
- November 24, 1859 Publication of On the Origin of Species
- 1862 1862 International Exhibition
- March 29, 1864 Treaty of London (1864)
- 1867 Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty (1867)
- May 11, 1867 Treaty of London (1867)
- 1871 Treaty of London (1871)
- February 27, 1884 London Convention (1884)
- May 4 – October 15, 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition
- 1888 Matchgirls' strike
- April 3, 1888 – February 13, 1891 Whitechapel murders
- 1889 1889 London dock strike
- July 16, 1894 Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
- January 30, 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance
- January 3, 1911 Siege of Sidney Street
- September 1912 – August 1913 London Conference of 1912–1913
- May 30, 1913 Treaty of London (1913)
- January 20, 1914 SOLAS Convention
- April 26, 1915 Treaty of London (1915)
- May 16, 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement
- November 2, 1917 Balfour Declaration
- February 6, 1918 Representation of the People Act 1918
- December 6, 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty
- September 28, 1928 Discovery of penicillin
- April 22, 1930 London Naval Treaty
- December 11, 1931 Statute of Westminster 1931
- June 18, 1935 Anglo-German Naval Agreement
- August 2, 1935 Government of India Act 1935
- 1936 Second London Naval Treaty
- August 26, 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936
- November 16 – December 11, 1936 Abdication of Edward VIII
- August 25, 1939 Anglo-Polish alliance
- July 10 – October 31, 1940 Battle of Britain
- August 8, 1945 Nuremberg Charter
- July 18, 1947 Indian Independence Act
- May 5, 1949 Statute of the Council of Europe
- March 24 – November 3, 1951 Festival of Britain
- December 1952 – December 9, 1952 Great Smog of London
- February 27, 1953 London Agreement on German External Debts
- April 6, 1966 International Convention on Load Lines
- December 29, 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
- April 30 – May 5, 1980 Iranian Embassy siege
- April 28, 1984 STCW Convention
- July 13, 1985 Live Aid
- November 18, 1987 King's Cross fire
- September 16, 1992 Black Wednesday
- February 13, 2004 Ballast Water Management Convention
- July 7, 2005 7 July 2005 London bombings
- 2009 2009 G20 London summit
- June 23, 2016 – January 31, 2020 Brexit
- June 3, 2017 2017 London Bridge attack
- March 17, 2018 Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
- December 2, 2020 First COVID-19 vaccines approved