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Great Stink

event in central London in July and August 1858
Thing odor Q546233
Great Stink
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Great Stink

Summary

Great Stink is an odor[1]. It draws 6,454 Wikipedia views per month (odor category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Stink is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[3].
  • Great Stink's instance of is recorded as odor[4].
  • Great Stink's instance of is recorded as environmental disaster[5].
  • The location of Great Stink was Central London[6].
  • Great Stink began on July 1858[7].
  • Great Stink ended on August 1858[8].
  • Great Stink occurred on August 1858[9].
  • Great Stink's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5073, 'lon': 0.12755}[10].
  • Great Stink's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'the Great Stink'}[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include odor[4] and environmental disaster[5].

Why It Matters

Great Stink draws 6,454 Wikipedia views per month (odor category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
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    Start time → +1858-07-00T00:00:00Z
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    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556503305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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