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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, while also extending past the wall to the west.
Thomas Farriner (sometimes written as Faynor or Farynor; c. 1615 – 20 December 1670) was an English baker and churchwarden [1] in 17th century London.Allegedly, his bakery in Pudding Lane was the source point for the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666.
2–5 September – Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in the City of London in the house of baker Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. The fire destroys more than 13,000 buildings including Old St Paul's Cathedral but only 6 people are known to have died. [2]
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Articles relating to the Great Fire of London (2–6 September 1666), which gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the aristocratic district of Westminster , Charles II 's Palace of Whitehall , and most of the suburban slums .
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral. 1752 – Great Britain , along with its overseas possessions , adopts the Gregorian calendar .
Soon after midnight on Sunday, 2 September 1666, a fire started in Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane, 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) to the southeast of St. Mary-le-Bow. During the course of the night, the easterly wind spread the fire through the city , consuming 300 houses in the first night alone.
Robert Hubert (c. 1640 – 27 October 1666) was a watchmaker [2] from Rouen, France, who was executed following his false confession of starting the Great Fire of London. Great Fire of London [ edit ]