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Great Fire of London - New World Encyclopedia  London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, during the Great Fire; derived ... as an imperial capital on a grander, more Renaissance-like city that was also much more hygienic. ... in 1133/1135 and 1212, both of which destroyed a large part of the city, were ... The fire broke out on Sunday morning, September 2, 1666.
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BBC - History - London's Burning: The Great Fire  Mar 29, 2011 ... Discover facts about the Great Fire of London which devastated the heart of ... In September 1666 the heart of England's capital, the City of London (now ... to destroy as many houses as necessary to contain the fire, early efforts to ... is likely to have been much higher, rising further in the following months.
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The Great Fire of London, 1666. - Luminarium  The Great Fire of London began on the night of September 2, 1666, as a small ... Some 430 acres, as much as 80% of the city proper was destroyed, including...
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Great Fire of London - Wikipedia  The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. ... It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000...
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Great Fire of London begins - Sep 02, 1666 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Great Fire of London begins on Sep 02, 1666. ... When the Great Fire finally was extinguished on September 6, more than four-fifths of London was destroyed. ... London of 1666 was a city of medieval houses made mostly of oak timber. ... Within days, King Charles II set about rebuilding his capital.
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The Great Baltimore Fire begins - Feb 07, 1904 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, The Great Baltimore Fire begins on Feb 07, 1904. ... In Baltimore, Maryland, a small fire in the business district is wind-whipped ... When the blaze finally burned down after 31 hours, an 80-block area of the downtown area, ... United States since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed most of the city...
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Great Fire of London 1666 - Historic UK  The Great Fire of London September 1666. ... very hot and there had been no rain for weeks, so consequently the wooden houses and buildings were tinder dry.
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Fire of Moscow (1812) - Wikipedia  For similar disasters, see Fire of Moscow. The 1812 Fire of Moscow broke out on September 14, 1812 in Moscow on the day when Russian troops and most residents abandoned the city and Napoleon's vanguard troops entered the city following the Battle ... The burning of Moscow is reported to have been visible up to 215 km away.
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Historic City Centre Tour - Robin and the Tourguides  Witness the rise and fall of Hamburg throughout its history: its glorious past as a centre of the Hanseatic League and its heavy destruction in the Great Fire and...
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The Great Chicago Fire - Abdo Digital  Essential Events vents ... Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871Juvenile literature. 2. Fires. IllinoisChicagoHistory19th centuryJuvenile literature. 3. Chicago ... were trying to save their homes and their livesand ..... In October 1871, piles of lumber were stacked up in .... Carrying what they could, residents fled the city.
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The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire | HistoryNet  In the spring of 1906 San Francisco was a city boasting 410,000 inhabitants ... Three thousand tons of 'earthquake proof' iron banding strengthened the 2-foot-thick walls. ... This was a foreshock, an overture to a terrible symphony of destruction. ..... An estimated 28,000 buildings had been consumed in the great fire, and...
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Oct. 8, 1871: The day America burned | MNN - Mother Nature Network  Jul 15, 2013 ... Today, what became known as the Great Chicago Fire is probably the ... died in the fire and more than 17,000 buildings were destroyed, including ... The Great Peshtigo Fire  named after the Wisconsin city that suffered the most during the ... So what caused all of these fires and the massive loss of lives,...
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The Burning of Rome, 64 AD - EyeWitness to History  During the night of July 18, 64 AD, fire broke out in the merchant area of the city of Rome. ... When the conflagration finally ran its course it left seventy percent of the city in ... In fact, Nero rushed to Rome from his palace in Antium (Anzio) and ran about the city all that ... So did others, who had failed to rescue their loved ones.
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Great Chicago Fire - Wikipedia  The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871. ... The most popular tale blames Mrs. O'Leary's cow, who allegedly knocked over a lantern; others state .... engrained in local lore that Chicago's city council officially exonerated themand the cowin 1997.
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Great Fire of London - Wikipedia  The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the .... The City of London had been a stronghold of republicanism during the Civil War ... The Thames offered water for firefighting and the chance of escape by boat, .... He recorded in his diary that the eastern gale had turned it into a...
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Fire ravages Library of Congress - Dec 24, 1851 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Fire ravages Library of Congress on Dec 24, 1851. ... Twelve years later, the British army invaded the city of Washington and burned the Capitol, ... After the Civil War, the collection was greatly expanded, and by the 20th .... General Interest. 1814. War of 1812 ends. The Treaty of Peace and Amity...
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Parthenon - Wikipedia  On 26 September 1687, an Ottoman ammunition dump inside the building was ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting explosion severely damaged...
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October 8, 1871: The Night America Burned - io9  Mar 29, 2012 ... A few of these fires have gained lasting infamy - there's the Great ... It also remains the only thing I really remember about Illinois history ... on October 8, 1871: the Great Chicago Fire, the Great Peshtigo Fire, ... of what happened in Holland that night according to resident G. Van Schelven: .... Leave a reply...
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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in ...  Editorial Reviews. From Publishers Weekly. In American history books, October 8, 1871, marks ... On October 8, 1871the same night as the Great Chicago Firethe lumber town of .... 1871, a huge conflagration swept through the lumber town of Peshtigo, WI, .... Very we'll written ... Excellent description of a devastating fire.
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london - Search-ID  The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited mediaeval ... After this city's "Great Fire" of 1666, Nicholas Borbon opened one of the first fire...
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13 Wren and the English Baroque - Art History | by Laurence Shafe  ... architecture follows in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London of 1666. ... The aristocracy also saw the dramatic style of Baroque architecture and art as a ... One published account of him at the time was, 'after a fortnight's work he will ..... As Whitehall Palace burned down in 1698, William stepped up his efforts to finish.