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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, [ 1 ] gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall ...
August 4: The Dutch Navy fails to invade the British Isles after the English triumph in the St. James's Day Battle. 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 ...
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 ...
The concept of "British history" began to emerge in the 1600s, largely thanks to the attempts of King James II to assert that the Union of the Crowns of 1603 had created a Kingdom of Great Britain, which in fact did not come into existence until a century later.
The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the most recent major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England. It happened within the centuries-long Second Pandemic , a period of intermittent bubonic plague epidemics that originated in Central Asia in 1331 (the first year of the Black Death ), and included related diseases ...
cc. 1–5 are from the sixth session of the Cavalier Parliament (21 September 1666 – 8 February 1667) cc. 6–13 are from the seventh session of the Cavalier Parliament (10 October 1667 – 19 December 1667) This session was also traditionally cited as 18 & 19 Car. 2, 18 & 19 Chas. 2 or 18 & 19 C. 2.
Pages in category "1666 in England" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...