List of Terrorist Incidents in London - 19th Century

19th Century

• Attacks by the Fenians during the Fenian Dynamite Campaign 1867–1885:
  • In 1867, in the Clerkenwell Outrage, a bomb planted by Fenians at New Prison in Clerkenwell exploded, killing several passers-by.
  • In 1883, a co-ordinated attack at several public buildings across London resulted in a number of explosions, including one within Scotland Yard itself, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service.
  • On 25 January 1885 Fenians detonated bombs at a number of locations in central London, including London Bridge, the House of Commons and the Tower of London
• On 20 January 1885 the London Underground system was targeted for the first time. A bomb exploded on a Metropolitan Line train at Gower Street (now Euston Square) tube station. No injuries were reported, although some passengers received minor cuts from broken glass.
• In 1894, Greenwich Observatory was attacked with a bomb. A French anarchist, the only person who died in the attack apparently due to mishandling of the weapon, was the perpetrator, and later became famous after a reference was included in Joseph Conrad's book The Secret Agent.