The U.S. National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. Key was sent to the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812 to secure the release of Dr. William Beanes on September 13, 1814. Beanes was captured by the British during their raid on Washington D.C. Beanes, a local official in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, had arrested two drunken British soldiers.
Victoria, London. Victoria is a small district in the City of Westminster in central London, named after Victoria Street and Victoria Station and therefore, indirectly, after Queen Victoria.
London is the largest city in England. In mid-2010, the number of residents of London was calculated to be 7,825,200. This makes it by some distance the largest city in England and in the UK as a whole, the 3rd largest city in Europe (the largest in the EU) and the 22nd largest city in the world.