The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the...
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the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column in London, England, situated near the northern end of London...
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The Second Great Fire of London in December 1940 was caused by one of the most destructive air raids of the Blitz during World War II. The Luftwaffe raid...
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all old cities, the City of London has experienced numerous serious fires in the course of its history. The earliest fire of which there is definitive...
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devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment, terrorist attacks, and riots. The City of London is the historic core of the Greater London metropolis...
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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...
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The Great Fire of Meireki (明暦の大火, Meireki no taika), also known as the Great Furisode Fire, destroyed 60–70% of Edo (now Tokyo), the then de facto capital...
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(1657) Great Fire of London (1666) Great Fire of Haverhill (1667) Great Fire of Northampton (1675) Great Fire of Warwick (1694) Great Stockholm Fire of 1759...
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The Great Fire of London is a novel by the English author Peter Ackroyd. Published in 1982, it is Ackroyd's first novel. It established themes which Ackroyd...
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This is a list of buildings that survived the Great Fire of London in 1666 and are still standing. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people...
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establishment of the ward of Bridge Without. The city was burnt severely on a number of occasions, the worst being in 1123 and in the Great Fire of London in 1666...
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The Great Fire of London has been discussed, referenced, or recreated in popular culture numerous times. The diaries kept by Samuel Pepys during the period...
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culminating in the Great Plague of 1665–1666, which killed up to 100,000 people, or a fifth of the population. The Great Fire of London broke out in 1666 in Pudding...
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The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually...
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The Great Fire of Rome (Latin: incendium magnum Romae) began on the 18th of July 64 AD. The fire began in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium...
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The Great Fire is a four-part television drama first shown on ITV from 16 October to 6 November 2014. It is set during the Great Fire of London in England...
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The 1835 Great Fire of New York was one of three fires that rendered extensive damage to New York City in the 18th and 19th centuries. The fire occurred...
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Thomas Farriner (category Great Fire of London)
churchwarden in 17th century London. Allegedly, his bakery in Pudding Lane was the source point for the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666. Farriner...
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St Paul's Cathedral (redirect from Cathedral of London)
cathedral's reconstruction was part of a major rebuilding programme initiated in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London. The earlier Gothic cathedral (Old...
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was destroyed during the Second Great Fire of London on the night of 29/30 December 1940, the result of a Luftwaffe fire-raid. It was replaced in 1954 during...
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On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST and burned for...
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"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by American rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records and featured in the 1957 movie...
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The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade...
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List of demolished churches in the City of London Great Fire of London List of Christopher Wren Churches in London General: List of demolished buildings...
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firebreak that prevented the Great Fire of London (1666) spreading to the rest of the bridge and to Southwark. The Great Fire destroyed the bridge's waterwheels...
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Robert Hubert (category Great Fire of London)
confession of starting the Great Fire of London. Between 2 and 6 September 1666, a major fire broke out in Pudding Lane in the City of London and proceeded...
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Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products...
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Great Fire of London and The Blitz, and state recognition of private property rights which have limited large-scale state planning. This sets London apart...
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The Blitz (redirect from Bombing of London)
against London on 15 September, a large raid on 29 December 1940 against London resulting in a firestorm known as the Second Great Fire of London, and a...
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