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"The Great Fire of London, depicted by an unknown painter (1675), as it would have appeared from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1666." Courtesy of Wikipedia ...
On Sunday, Sept. 2, 1666, a four-day fire destroyed the City of London inside the old Roman city wall. The fire blazed through the city, taking 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches and St Paul's ...
The Great Fire of 1666 was bad and all, but it was by no means the only huge blaze to rip through the city. Other fires were numerous, more fatal and possibly more destructive. 60 AD: London razed ...
The Great Fire of London burned through 400 of the city's streets on 2 September to 5 September in 1666. 13,200 houses and 87 parish churches, including St Paul's Cathedral, were destroyed in the ...
Also buildings were made using wooden timbers and were built close together, so if a fire started it was pretty easy for it to spread. No fire had ever grown as big as the Great Fire of London before.
Crowds gathered in London Sunday night to watch flames devour a replica of the city’s 17th-century skyline to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire.
THE Great Fire of London ripped through the capital’s wooden-built City for four days and destroyed thousands of homes in 1666. Here’s what you need to know about the devastating blaze.… ...
The Great Fire of London started in a bakery on Pudding Lane 344 years ago today. It destroyed four-fifths of the city and prompted Samuel Pepys to protect his prize parmesan by burying it.
Great Fire of London started on 2nd September 1666. It was a four day blaze, which swept through Britain's capital, destroying large parts of it.
How did the Great Fire start? On Sunday 2 September 1666, a small fire started on Pudding Lane, in the centre of London. In the overcrowded city, with many homes built using wood and thatch, the ...