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The Danish King Cnut (Canute) managed to unite both Danes and Anglo-Saxons and invited Danish merchants to settle in the city of London. Later they supported Maud, but in spite of that when she was angry she occupied Westminster, which angered Londoners who revolted against her, forcing her to then flee London.

During the medieval era it was becoming a maze of many streets and lanes, many houses were half timbered, or wattle or daub and cleanly white washed along with lime. Many Royal Kings and Queens were buried at Westminster Abbey and lots of ceremonies still take location there every year.

 There were two big disasters, the plague (1665) and a massive fire that broke out on 2 September, 1666. Both disasters ruined citizens livelihoods and came down horribly on the crowded slums, the growth of London failed temporarily on all fronts and did not take full care of its citizens.

Advance to the 19th century and the steam engine was born and it was the beginning of London's golden age. The earnings from many parades were donated to two permanent shows which later became the Science Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum.

In 1930 countless immigrants who were just being pushed out of their home countries and after fleeing Europe they came here and settled in the East End. Britain began to dismantle its Empire in the late 1940's,  but the British economy was in good shape. Constitutional changes have recently been taking place and lots of discussion,   e.g. about replacing the House of Lords with a democratically elected body, and whether the UK Currency (British Pound) should join Europe's monetary currency (Euro).

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