Great Fire of London
A major fire swept through the City of London, destroying thousands of buildings and reshaping the capital’s built environment.
Why Great Fire of London matters
A major fire swept through the City of London, destroying thousands of buildings and reshaping the capital’s built environment.
This page brings together database records matching Great Fire of London, London 1666 fire and 1666 London. Use the chronological results to compare dates, people, places, countries and related events without losing the wider historical sequence.
Sources and provenance
Historical records on this page are drawn from the World History Database maintained by Malcolm Badley and are selected dynamically using the research terms shown above. The historical image is credited to its source above. Record wording and dates should be checked against primary or specialist secondary sources when used for academic citation. Corrections can be sent to [email protected].