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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, [ 1] gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west.
Farriner’s home was the first to be destroyed in the fire, which began on September 2 1666. Although experts knew a lot about his family, Dagger’s role had, up until now, gone “unrecognised ...
September 2 is the 245th day of the year ... 1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, ...
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [ c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
Great Plague of London. The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last 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 ...
The Great Fire of London, which took place on September 2, 1666, was one of the major events that affected England during Dryden's "year of miracles". Annus Mirabilis is a poem written by John Dryden published in 1667. It commemorated 1665–1666, the "year of miracles" of London. Despite the poem's name, the year had been one of great tragedy ...
1666 in England. 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.
1666 in various calendars. 1666 ( MDCLXVI) 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 the 7th year of the 1660s ...