Event anniversary

London Beer Flood

Took place on October 17, 1814

212

Years ago

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The 213th anniversary falls on October 17, 2027, in 357 days.

The London Beer Flood was an accident at Meux & Co's Horse Shoe Brewery, London, on 17 October 1814. It took place when one of the 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) wooden vats of fermenting porter burst.

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