Tsar Peter the Great trashes a London home
Peter the Great spent time in London staying at the house of the diarist John Evelyn but unfortunately the tsar and his friends trashed the house
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Politicians lynched by the London mob
The London mob has a deserved reputation for violence and has lynched several politicians over the centuries
Houses of Parliament burnt down in massive blaze
On the 16th October, 1834, the old Houses of Parliament were completely burnt down by a huge fire. It took several days to extinguish an inferno that engulfed ancient medieval halls, Georgian houses and most of the palace of Westminster. Westminster Hall – a vast space dating back to the Norman period – was only…