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The 20th Century (1901 - 2000)

1837 - 1901 Queen Victoria

1901 - 1910 King Edward VII

1902: Greenwich Foot Tunnel opens under the River Thames - steam ferry closes.

1904-7: Poet Laureate John Masefield (1878 - 1967) lived in Greenwich.

1905: Greenwich Town Hall built.

1910: Sir Frank Dyson appointed Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Royal Observatory.

1910 - 1936 King George V

1916: British Summer Time was introduced in the UK

1919: New Time Ball installed on Greenwich Royal Observatory

1933: Sir Harold Spencer Jones appointed Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Royal Observatory.

1936 King Edward VIII

1936 - 1952 King George VI

1937: National Maritime Museum, established at Greenwich.

1952 - present Queen Elizabeth II

1954: Last observations at Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

1956: Sir Richard Woolley appointed Astronomer Royal.

1957: Cutty Sark open to public.

1958: Greenwich Royal Observatory moves to Herstmonceux.

1967: Francis Chichester arrives at Greenwich in Gipsy Moth IV and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (using the same sword used by Queen Elizabeth I to knight Sir Francis Drake in 1582)

1967: Second bore of Blackwall Tunnel opens.

1972: Sir Martin Ryle appointed Astronomer Royal.

1972: Former Greenwich resident Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis (1904 - 1972) died.

1981: First London Marathon starts in Greenwich.

1982: Sir Francis Graham Smith appointed Astronomer Royal.

1982: Thames Barrier constructed.

1986: Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) replaces Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as standard definition of time.

1990: Greenwich Royal Observatory moves to Cambridge

1991: Arnold Wolfendale appointed Astronomer Royal.

1997: HM Queen Elizabeth II arrives on the internet at www.royal.gov.uk

1998: Structure of Millennium Dome completed.

1999: Prince Andrew re-opens Royal Observatory at Greenwich

1999: Elizabeth II opens £20 million extension to National Maritime Museum

2000: Elizabeth II opens Millennium Dome

2000: Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother celebrates 100th birthday

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Greenwich England is where East meets West at the Greenwich Meridian (0° Longitude); World Time is set Greenwich Mean Time. Remember the new millennium started in 2001.

Greenwich lies on the River Thames, a few minutes by rail or tube, or a short river cruise from central London.  If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see Greenwich Info.  There is the famous Cutty Sark to visit and the Royal Naval College.  Just down river is the Thames Barrier which is close to London City Airport

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is in Greenwich Park along with the National Maritime Museum and the Queens House (on which the White House in Washington DC, USA is based).  For information on astronomy visit Greenwich Star

The London Marathon starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.

Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of King Henry VIII and his daughters Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) and Queen Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen).  All the English monarchs can be found at Royal History.

It has seen many famous visitors from Peter the Great through Charles Dickens to Bob Hope.  This and a lot more in Greenwich Past.

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