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1860 Underground Railway begun.
1862 March 12. Mr. George Peabody, the American merchant, gives 150,000 to ameliorate the condition of London poor.
May 1. Second International Exhibition opened.
1863 Jan. 10. Underground Railway opened.
March 7. Princess Alexandra, of Denmark, enters London.
1864 Jan. 1. New street opened between Blackfriars' and London Bridge.
Feb. 29. First block of Peabody Buildings opened in Spitalfields.
April 21. Garibaldi receives the freedom of the city.
1866 Jan. 29. Mr. Peabody adds 100,000 to his gift to the London poor.
May 10. Black Friday, commercial panic.
July 24. Riots in Hyde Park.
Sept. 1. Cannon Street Railway Station opened.
1867 Jan. 15. Severe frost; forty lives lost by the breaking of the ice in Regent's Park.
June 3. First stone of Holborn Viaduct laid.
1868 May 13. The Queen lays foundation of St. Thomas' Hospital.
Dec. 5. George Peabody gives another 100,000 to the poor of London.
1869 July 23. Statue of George Peabody unveiled by the Prince of Wales.
Nov. 6. Opening of Holborn Viaduct by the Queen.
1870 July 13. Opening of the Victoria Embankment by the Prince of Wales.
