| -1686: First recorded May Fair takes place | |
| -1709: May Fair suppressed by authorities | |
| -1738: First side of Berkeley Square built | |
| -1819: The Burlington Arcade opens | |
| -1879: "The Arcade" is built and later renamed as The Royal Arcade | |
| -1889: Mount Street Gardens is created on the site of a former work house | |
| -1891: Fenwick department store opens in New Bond Street | |
| -1894: Mayfair Library built in South Audley Street | |
| -1898: Claridge's Hotel rebuilt | |
| -1968: Large Anti-Vietnam protest takes place in Grosvenor Square |