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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of 2,284,093...

Timeline of Events

1791

7.14.1791

The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.

1837

7.4.1837

Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.

1948

6.28.1948

Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.

1964

8.12.1964

Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England.

2005

7.28.2005

Tornadoes touch down in a residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.

2007

1.31.2007

Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.