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1666 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1666th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 666th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1660s decade. As of the start of 1666, the ...
Other events of 1666 1666 in England was the first year to be designated as an Annus mirabilis , in John Dryden 's 1667 poem , which celebrated England's failure to be beaten either by fire (the Great Fire of London ) or by the Dutch.
Central London in 1666, with the burnt area shown in pink and outlined in dashes (Pudding Lane origin [a] marked with a green line) The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, [ b ] gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall ...
On September 2nd, 1666, The Great Fire burns in London, many buildings in the city were lost to the fire, including St. Paul's Cathedral. The fire was started in a local bakery. Other Events on ...
1666: The 10th Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh is born in Patna Sahib. 1666- The Great Shivaji-Agra Visit. 1666: The Great Fire of London. 1667: The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. 1667–1668: The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1666 – Great Fire of London. 1669 – The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina are drawn up. 1670 – Charleston, South Carolina is founded, originally as Charles Town. 1672–74 – Third Anglo-Dutch War. 1673 – Third Navigation Act regulates intercolonial trade.
The first event of the miraculous year was the Battle of Lowestoft fought by English and Dutch ships in 1665. The second was the Four Days Battle of June 1666, and finally the victory of the St. James's Day Battle a month later. The second part of the poem deals with the Great Fire of London that ran from September 2–7
Other events of 1666 History of China • Timeline • Years: Events from the year 1666 in China. Incumbents. Kangxi Emperor (5th year) Regents ...