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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.
Thomas Farriner (sometimes written as Faynor or Farynor; c. 1615 – 20 December 1670) was an English baker and churchwarden [1] in 17th century London. Allegedly his bakery in Pudding Lane was the starting point for the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666. [2] [3] Map showing the extent of the Great Fire
Hubert in the Pyrotechnica Loyalana (1667) receiving a fire-bomb from a Jesuit (perhaps William Harcourt, a Jesuit hanged after the Popish Plot), in front of a gallows. [1] Robert Hubert (c. 1640 – 27 October 1666) was a watchmaker [2] from Rouen, France, who was executed following his false confession of starting the Great Fire of London.
On September 2nd, 1666, The Great Fire burns in London, many buildings in the city were lost to the fire, including St. Paul's Cathedral. The fire was started in a local bakery. Other Events on ...
The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books.
1663 – Great Fire of Nagasaki destroys the port of Nagasaki in Japan. [7] Great Fire of London, 1666. 1666 – Great Fire of London of 1666, which originated in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane and destroyed much of London. 1675 – Great Fire of Northampton, England. The blaze was caused by sparks from an open fire in St. Mary's Street near ...
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, 4 September 1666. To the left is London Bridge; to the right, the Tower of London. St. Paul's Cathedral is in the distance, surrounded by the tallest flames. Bloodworth became the 330th ...
St John the Evangelist Friday Street [1] was a church in Bread Street Ward of the City of London. [2] It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, and not rebuilt, the parish being united with that of All Hallows, Bread Street.