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Peel, Robert. 1788-1850. English Prime Minister 1834~46. London police force 1829. Income Tax 1842. Founded Conservative Party. Bank Charter Act. Repealed Corn Laws 1846.
Pogrom. Attack on minority, usually Jews, sanctioned by government. 1881~1906 Russia. 1261 London. Poland, Germany during Hitler regime.
Quintuple Treaty. 1839. Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia guaranteed Belgian integrity. London Treaty.
Savoy Conference. 1661. London. Failed to agree on new prayer book. Puritans leave Church of England.
Scotland Yard. Site of Palace where Scottish kings stayed. 1829- HQ, London Metropolitan Police.
Seven Bishops. 1688. Confined to Tower for opposing Declaration of Indulgence.
Shipton, Mother. 1488-1561. Predicted 1666 Great Fire of London.
Smog Disasters. London. 1952: 4000 dead. 1962: 750 dead.
Sonnino, Sidney. 1847-1922. Italian diplomat. Encouraged Italy into WWI. Treaty of London.
St Paul’s. London Cathedral. 1287 Original. 1701 Wren finished.
Stopes, Marie. 1880-1958. British Family Planning pioneer. First London birth control clinic 1921.
Stuart, Arabella. 1575-1615. Pretender to English throne. Died in Tower.
Telegraph. 1794 France Semaphore. 1795 England Shutter. 1835 Morse. 1851 London-Paris. 1901 Transatlantic.
Telephone, Wireless. 1926 London-New York.
Tower of London. 1066- Palace for William I. Used as prison and garrison at later dates. White Tower 1078.
Trams. 1832 NY. 1853 Paris. 1861 London. 1891 Leeds electric.
Turpin, Dick. 1706-39. Romanticized English highwayman. Mythical York-London ride.
Victorian style. 19C. Neo-Gothic architecture. London Houses of Parliament.
Virginia Company. London. 1606-24. To colonize North America. Founded Jamestown 1607.
Walker, George. 1618-90. Hero of siege of Londonderry, 1688.
Watling Street. Roman road from London to NW England. Part still in use.
Webb, Sidney. 1859-1947. Beatrice. 1858-1943. British Fabian Socialists. Founded London School of Economics, New Statesman 1913.
Whittington, Richard. 1358-1423. London Lord Mayor. Legend of merchant selling his cat for fortune to rat- plagued Moroccan ruler, he marries merchant’s daughter, becomes Lord Mayor.
William I. The Conqueror. c1027-87. Norman conquest of England, 1066. Defeated Harold II at Hastings. Ordered Domesday Survey 1085. Built Tower of London 1086. Imported feudal system.
Wren, Christopher. 1632-1723. English architect. Anglicized Classicism based on French and Dutch influence. Rebuilt 50 churches after 1666 London fire. St. Paul’s 1675. Greenwich Observatory 1675. Associated with craftsmanship of Tijou, Gibbons, Thornhill, Cibber. Sheldonian Theatre 1662. Trinity College Library 1676.