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2. Great Fire of London - Wikipedia

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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.

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   1924 – Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (d. 2020) [29] 1925 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (d. 1981) 1927 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (d. 2015) 1927 – Francis Matthews, English actor (d. 2014) [30] 1927 – Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (d. 2014) [31]

4. 1666 in England - Wikipedia

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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.

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6. History of London - Wikipedia

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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 ...

7. 1666 - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Charles II of England - Wikipedia

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   A great fire, however, destroyed Charles's lodgings at Newmarket, which forced him to leave the races early, thus inadvertently avoiding the planned attack. News of the failed plot was leaked. [120] Protestant politicians such as the Earl of Essex, Algernon Sydney, Lord Russell and the Duke of Monmouth were implicated in the plot. Essex slit ...

9. Early fires of London - Wikipedia

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   Archaeological evidence suggests that some time in the ten years following the visit of Roman emperor Hadrian in AD 122, a huge fire or possibly a series of fires destroyed a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) area of the ancient city. [1]