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Further major fires of London are noted in 13th century London in the years 1220, 1227, and 1299, but none that had the impact of the Great Fire of 1212. Another fire broke out in 1633, [5] destroying 42 premises on the northern third of London Bridge and a further eighty buildings on Thames Street. Some of these buildings were not repaired or ...
Year 1212 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events. By place. England. July 10 – The Great Fire: The most severe of ...
1212 – The Great Fire of Southwark London 1212. The second of the two Great Medieval Fires of London. As many as 3,000 people died on the London Bridge while trying to flee the city. 1251 – Second Fire of Lübeck, Germany, triggers the use of stone as a fire-safe building material.
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Firefighters tackling a fire in London using hand-pumped engines ca. 1808. London suffered great fires in 798, 982, 989, 1212 and above all in 1666 (the Great Fire of London). The Great Fire of 1666 started in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane, consumed about two square miles (5 km 2) of the city, leaving tens of thousands homeless. Prior to this ...
Hōjōki (方丈記, literally "square-jō record"), variously translated as An Account of My Hut or The Ten Foot Square Hut, is an important and popular short work of the early Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan by Kamo no Chōmei.
Henry fitz Ailwin de Londonstane (c.1135– 19 September 1212) was an English merchant and landowner who served as the first Lord Mayor of London from 1189 to 1212. [1] In office from about 1189 until his death in 1212, he was the only mayor to hold the post for life. [2] Stained glass in Guildhall, London, showing Henry fitz Ailwin
Another fire in 1174 damaged the choir, leading to the rebuilding of the east end of the cathedral. An earthquake damaged the cathedral in 1382. An 1872 fire destroyed the roof of the Trinity Chapel. [80] Fires sustained during World War II bombings were quickly extinguished. [81] Chichester Cathedral – An 1187 fire destroyed the cathedral ...