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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.
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 ...
The Great Fire of London in 1666, ... 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 ...
September 2 is the 245th ... 1666 – The Great Fire of London ... 1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
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.
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 related diseases such as ...
[37] The 1666 census of New France was the first census conducted in North America. [38] It was organized by Jean Talon , the first Intendant of New France , between 1665 and 1666. [ 38 ] According to Talon's census there were 3,215 people in New France, comprising 538 separate families. [ 39 ]
1666 Articles of Peace and Amity. The 1666 Articles of Peace and Amity was a treaty signed on 20 April 1666 between the English colony of Maryland and 12 Eastern Algonquian-speaking Indigenous nations, including the Piscataway, Anacostanck, Doegs, Mikikiwomans, Manasquesend, Mattawoman, Chingwawateick, Hangemaick, Portobackes, Sacayo, Panyayo ...