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Famous dates in Westminster:
28th of December 1065 : Westminster Abbey consecrated
6th of January 1066 : Harold crowned King of England
25th of December 1066 : William the Conqueror crowned
19th of December 1154 : Henry II Crowned at Westminster Abbey
20th of January 1265 : First English Parliament Held
17th of April 1397 : Chaucer gives 1st recital of Canterbury Tales
18th of November 1477 : Caxton Prints 1st Book in England
26th of June 1483 : Richard III becomes king of England
26th of March 1484 : Caxton Prints his version of Aesops Fables
18th of January 1486 : Wedding of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
30th of April 1527 : England & France sign treaty of Westminster
28th of January 1547 : Edward VI succeeds to throne
15th of January 1559 : Elizabeth I crowned
30th of November 1601 : Elizabeth’s Golden Speech
25th of July 1603 : James VI of Scotland crowned James I of England.
5th of November 1605 : The Gunpowder Plot
27th of January 1606 : Trial of Guy Fawkes begins
31st of January 1606 : Guy Fawkes hanged, drawn and quartered
5th of May 1640 : Charles I disbands the Short Parliament
4th of January 1642 : Charles I arrests parliamentarians and starts civil war
20th of January 1649 : Charles I Goes on Trial
23rd of April 1661 : Charles II is crowned
19th of February 1674 : Treaty of Westminster signed
11th of April 1689 : William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
4th of January 1698 : Palace of Whitehall Burns
23rd of October 1707 : First Parliament of Great Britain
20th of October 1714 : Coronation of King George I
11th of May 1812 : Prime Minister Spencer Perceval Assassinated
7th of June 1832 : The Great Reform Act changes Parliamentary constituencies
24th of August 1833 : Factory Act
16th of October 1834 : The Houses of Parliament burn down
28th of June 1838 : Queen Victoria crowned
23rd of July 1858 : Law passed allowing Jews to serve in parliament
20th of October 1858 : Big Ben Winched into Place
11th of July 1859 : Big Bens First Strike
24th of May 1862 : Westminster Bridge Opens
10th of December 1868 : First Traffic Signals in Britain
2nd of February 1901 : Queen Victorias Funeral
18th of February 1901 : Churchill’s Maiden Speech
13rd of February 1907 : Suffragettes Storm Westminster
29th of April 1909 : Lloyd George’s People’s Budget
26th of February 1952 : Churchill Announces British Atom Bomb
2nd of June 1953 : Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
17th of March 1958 : CND’s Inaugural Public Meeting
21st of October 1958 : First Women Peers Enter Lords
20th of March 1966 : World Cup Stolen
14th of November 1973 : Princess Anne and Mark Phillips Marry
30th of March 1979 : Airey Neave assasinated
23rd of July 1986 : Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson
31st of March 1990 : Poll Tax Riots
13rd of November 1990 : Geoffrey Howes resignation speech
6th of September 1997 : Funeral of Princess Diana
17th of February 2003 : Congestion Charge introduced to Central London
19th of May 2009 : Speaker Announces Resignation
11th of May 2010 : First Coalition Government since WWII

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