London firsts
| Event | Year |
| Lord Mayor Henry Fitz-Ailwyn ‘of London Stone’, a draper | 1189 |
| Public toilet The Whittington Longhouse, Bell Wharf Lane in the City. | 1421 |
| Lottery First prize £5,000 (in ‘cash, plate and furnishings’) | 1569 |
| Newspaper Corante – the first English-language paper | 1621 |
| Pantomime The Tavern Bilkers’ at Drury Lane | 1702 |
| Indian restaurant Hindostanee Coffee House, Portman Square | 1773 |
| Blue plaque Lord Byron, 24 Holles Street (demolished) | 1867 |
| Council estate Boundary Estate, Shoreditch | 1900 |
| Starbucks King’s Road, Chelsea | 1998 |
| Official busker Julian Lloyd Webber, Westminster tube | 2001 |
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