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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.
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.
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.
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The Great Plague was immediately followed by another catastrophe, albeit one which helped to put an end to the plague. On the Sunday, 2 September 1666 the Great Fire of London broke out at one o'clock in the morning at a bakery in Pudding Lane in the southern part of the City. Fanned by an eastern wind the fire spread, and efforts to arrest it ...
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 ...
1666 – A large fire began in London's Pudding Lane and burned for five days (depicted), destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants. 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French Empire within days.
“Today for the first time in more than a half century, the U.S. has returned to the moon.” Altemus had estimated that Odysseus had an 80% chance of successfully landing on the moon, citing ...