A Timeline of the City of London, Ontario

1793: John Simcoe puts forward the name London for a city in central South Western Ontario and                 names the river Thames. 

1826: London is founded within forty miles of both Lake Huron and Lake Erie. 

1840: London becomes a town.

1844: A fire breaks out and burns down central London. 

1845: The Tower of St. Paul's Cathedral is created.

1849: The London Free Press prints its first paper. 

1855: London becomes a city and Murray Anderson is elected as the first major. 

1857: London faces an economic low. 

1861: London prospers again while supplying food to the Unionists during the American Civil War.  

1863: Huron College is established. 

1878: Western University is founded. 

1881: The Victoria Steamboat topples over leading to the death of 182 people. 

1914: London has approximately 55,000 people. 

1929: The Spring bank Dam was created. 

1937: A great flood hits Western London leaving hundreds homeless--the waters rose fifteen feet in                mere hours.

1958: Storybook is opened. 

1964: Ontario's first mosque is built on Oxford street. 

1967: Ontario Vocational Centre becomes Fanshawe College 

1993: Westminister Township (which includes Lambeth) is consumed by London. 

1997: Queen Elizabeth visits London.

2011: A Canada-wide census shows London's population at 366,151.


Sources:

https://www.london.ca/About-London/london-history/Pages/Overview.aspx 

http://www.stpaulscathedral.on.ca/about/history/cathedralhistory.php 

http://www.lfpress.com/2013/06/28/ontarios-first-mosque-here-in-london-laid-a-foundation

http://thamesriver.on.ca/water-management/springbank-dam/