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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 ...
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.
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 ...
1639 England and Scotland – At war until 1644 in what become known as the Bishops' Wars; 1640 England – The Long Parliament summoned. 1642 England – English Civil War begins (see Timeline of the English Civil War) 1652 England – Tea arrives in Britain; 1666 England 1688 England – The Glorious Revolution replaces James II with William III
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. ...
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 ...
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
The St James' Day Battle [a] took place on 25 July 1666 [b] (4 August 1666 in the Gregorian calendar), during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.It was fought between an English fleet commanded jointly by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and George Monck, and a Dutch force under Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.