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1st Dec 1761
Madame Tussaud was born Anna Maria ("Marie") Grosholtz in Strasbourg, France.
1835
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum founded in Baker Street, London.
16th Apr 1850
MadameTussaud died in her sleep in London at the age of 88. There is a memorial tablet on the right side of the nave of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Cadogan Street, London.
1883
Due to the restricted space of the original Baker Street, Marie Tussaud's grandson Joseph Randall commissioned the building at its current Marylebone Road location.
14th Jul 1884
The new exhibition galleries were opened on Marylebone Road.
1889
Madame Tussaud & Sons was incorporated as a private limited company.
1947
Night-watchman Walter Argent guards the waxworks at the famous museum, checking the Chamber of Horrors in complete darkness except for beam of his torch.
2009
A 5½ inches (14 cm) waxwork of Tinker Bell, the fairy from J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, became the Waxworks' smallest figure of all time.
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