West Ham United is a football club from East London, which began as Thames Ironworks, a works team formed by the owner of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Arnold Hills. It was reformed as West Ham United in 1900 and played for more than a century at the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park before moving to the London Stadium in 2016. The club is known for developing players, and three of its men, Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, were central to England's victory in the 1966 World Cup. West Ham won the FA Cup in 1964, 1975 and 1980, and the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2023. Its supporters are called the Hammers, or the Irons.
Before and after
- from 15 December 1894 to 23 October 1896First Italo-Ethiopian War
- 1895Founding of Yerkes Observatory
- from 1895 to 1898Cuban War of Independence
- 1895Founding of London School of Economics and Political Science
- 1895Founding of West Ham United F.C.
- from 1895 to 1958Founding of French West Africa
- from 17 April 1895 to 1 January 1945Taiwan under Japanese rule
- 17 April 1895Treaty of Shimonoseki
- 12 May 1895Birth of Jiddu Krishnamurti
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- from 10 June 1815 to 24 August 1866Founding of German Confederation
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross
- 26 October 1863The Football Association is founded in London
- 17 May 1865Founding of International Telecommunication Union
- 19 September 1893New Zealand becomes the first country where women vote
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
The era
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