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90 matches to Tower of London
Brute. Descendant of Aeneas, said to have founded New Troy at London..
Buckingham Palace. 1703. Rebuilt by Nash 1825. London residence of British sovereigns since 1837.
Camden Town Group. 1902-13. English Postimpressionist artists. London Group.
Cleopatra’s Needles. c1500BC Thutmose III. Gift of Egypt to Britain, US. Erected London 1878, NY 1881.
Coldstream Guards. 1650. Marched to London to restore Charles II.
Crystal Palace. 1851. Built for the Great Exhibition, London. First iron-framed. Burned, 1936. Paxton.
Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.
Delcassé, Théophile. 1852-1923. French statesman. Fashoda. Anglo-French Entente. Treaty of London.
Drury Lane. 1663. Oldest English theatre, London. Rebuilt 1674, 1812.
Evil May Day. 1517. London apprentices riot.
Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.
Fleet Prison. 12C-1844. London debtors prison.
Fowler, John. 1817-98. English engineer: London Underground.
Freemasons. Secret fraternal organization based on guilds, chivalry, religious orders. 1717 London Grand Lodge.
Ghetto. Jewish area of cities, esp: 1556-1885 Rome; 1239 Valencia; 1462 Frankfurt; 1516 Venice; 1066-1291 Old Jewry, London; 1939 Warsaw.
Globe Theatre. 1599-1644. Venue for Shakespeare’s plays, London.
Greek Independence, War. 1821-29. Greek rebels, plus England, France, Russia defeat Turkey and Egypt. London Treaty. Otto I. Constantinople Treaty, 1832....End of Holy Alliance.
Grey, Edward. 1862-1933. British statesman. Triple Alliance. Treaty of London.
International. Socialist revolutionary workers movements. First. 1864-76. Founded by Marx in London. Second. 1889-1914. Paris. IFTU. Revived in 1920s. Third. 1919-43. =COMINTERN. Stalin’s Vehicle for world-wide Communist Revolution. Fourth. 1938-53. Trotsky’s Transitional Program for reform.
Jack the Ripper. Murderer of 7 London prostitutes 1887-8. Identity unknown.
Kit-Kat Club. 1703-20. London Whig club of Hanover supporters. Met in Christopher Kat’s tavern.
Kyrle Society. 1875. Founded by Hill sisters to develop taste for literature and music among London poor.
London, Jack. 1876-1916. US adventure author. Call of the Wild 1903.
London Bridge. 963 wood. 1176 stone. 1831 rebuilt. 1971 Sold, moved to US.
London Company. 1606. Establishd first permanent English settlement in N America at Jamestown, VA.