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  -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