Balcombe Street Siege

Name: Balcombe Street Siege
Start: 1975

1975 CE.

Shown on the map at 51.523°, -0.162°.

The Balcombe Street siege involved members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and London's Metropolitan Police, and lasted from 6 to 12 December 1975. The siege ended with the surrender of the four IRA members and the release of their two hostages. The events were televised and watched by millions.

Text from the Wikipedia article Balcombe Street siege, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Everything else in 1975 CE

HistoryLayer draws the world as it was in any year from 123,000 BCE to 2026. Move the slider and the borders redraw for that year; the map carries 23,890 events, 12,790 people, 837 wars and 13,183 cities, each one readable in place. Signing in is optional and lets you keep what you find.

HistoryLayer is an interactive map of world history: pick any year from 123,000 BCE to 2026 and the borders, events and people of that moment are drawn for you. It needs JavaScript to draw the map. The guide, the sources and licences and the privacy page are readable without it.

HistoryLayer

1914CE

World Wars

123,000 BCE2026 CE

54 stops — one per surviving map on file, evenly spaced drag the pin · ←→ steps one stop the same 54 stops by true elapsed time ↑

Map & filters

Show on the map

Filter

Colour by

Polity Empire

Balcombe Street Siege

Saved · 0