St. Dunstan in the East of London, this church has a history of 1100 years. It was severely damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Can you imagine the history behind this wall. reddit.com/gallery/r4ebgo
TDIH: September 2, 1666. The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral. Illustration: The Great Fire of London, depicted by an unknown painter (1675)
TIL of Robert Hubert, who was accused of causing the Great Fire of London. He declared that he had thrown a grenade through a window into the bakery where it had started. Yet, he hadn’t been in England, the bakery didn’t have any windows, and he was a cripple. He was still executed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob…
Thicko on The Chase just said the Great Fire of London happened in 1992
41-42 Cloth Fair, Barbican. Built between 1597 and 1614, its the only house in the City of London to have survived the 'Great Fire' of 1666. This makes it the oldest habitable home in the city.
The Crystal Palace: a huge glass-and-iron exhibition hall that housed the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London. It was virtually destroyed by fire in the winter of 1936; its water towers survived the fire, but were demolished in 1941 due to fears they were easy markers for German bombers.
My Planet Coaster miniature model of 17th century London for my Cruel Britannia attraction. The model shows the spread of the Great Fire of London from the view of the Tower of London reddit.com/gallery/itteo1
A hand-drawn aerial perspective view of London, of September 2, 1666 when the Great Fire began.
TDIH: September 2, 1666, The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral. (See comment)
Great reactions to the Great Fire of London youtu.be/v8x3Z593jnY
The great fire of London
Do u think there should be a game based in 1666 when the great fire of London was and the Templars or assassins set the fire?
Monument to the Great Fire of London (London, England)
Chubb’s Customer Service number is 0800 32 1666. The Great Fire of London was in 1666.
The Royal Exchange, London, England. Opened in 1571 by Queen Elizabeth I, destroyed in The Great Fire. Its roof was topped with statues of every king and queen to sit on the throne since William the Conqueror.
TIL that after the Great Fire of London, an economist by the name of Nicholas If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone played a major role in pioneering fire insurance. (His very religious father, Praise-God Barebone chose his somewhat unusual middle name) wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichol…
Day 7 of photoshopping Pyro into random post-war scenes: The Great Fire of London (idea credit to u/Sudden_Watermelon)
[TOMT] [Book] [2000-2005] A book about the Black Plague for children. I think it was first person POV or possibly in the form of a diary and the protagonist was a young girl. It also had a part about the great fire of London.
Pretty much what the title says. Sorry for any mistakes as I’m on a mobile
Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. Originally constructed between 1087 and 1314, it experienced severe decline by the 17th century, and was destroyed in the 1666 Great Fire of London.
My little SIL is currently doing the Great Fire of London at school and it’s reminded me how much I identify with Samuel Pepys for choosing his cheese as one of his most valuable possessions to save.
TIL in addition to covering huge historical events like the Great Fire of London, Samuel Pepys' diary includes details of how his wife discovered him groping the maid: "did find me imbracing the girl con [with] my hand sub [under] su [her] coats; and endeed I was with my main [hand] in her cunny. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam…
TIL about the Staple Inn, built almost 500 years ago and one of the few building to survive the Great Fire of London in 1666 londonist.com/london/hist…
Just browsing Tumblr on Pinterest and stumbled over this. I facepalmed myself back to the great fire of london in 1666.
AITA for starting the great fire of London in 1666?
I do be baking bread tho 👌👌👌👌
One of my favourite coins found last month. William III, 1696. Just think that some people who handled this coin would have lived through both the Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London!
In 1666 the Great Fire of London started; in 1840 Mt. Hopeless was named; in 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared independence from France; in 1973 JRR Tolkien died. In 1752 Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar theboldage.com/on-this-da…
The Great Fire of London, Unknown Artist, 1675, [5477 x 3189]
TIL a man was executed for starting the Great Fire of London after he claimed he threw a fire-bomb through a bakery window. This was despite the fact that he was heavily crippled, the bakery had no windows, and it was proven at his trial that he was not even in the country at the time. theregister.co.uk/2006/09…
Bird's Eye of The Great Fire of London in 1666, art by Rocío Espín Piñar
[serious] The Great Fire of London of 1666 was the primary reason behind the eradication of the Jacobean black plague pandemic. What do you think will be the equivalent with the coronavirus pandemic, if there is any?
This week's theme is buildings that were at one stage London's tallest! #4 is Monument to the Great Fire of London at 62m or 202ft, from 1677-1683 (6 years)
Legend says the burning hate in the woman started the Great Fire of London
Thomas Farriner after a fire in his Pudding Lane bakery causes the Great Fire of London (1666)
The bakery of Thomas Farriner is attributed as the source of the Great Fire of London in 1666. What was life like for him and his family in the city afterward?
Was he hated? Ostracized? Forgiven?
TIL That the Great Fire of London in 1666 led to the creation of modern property insurance. With the estimated £1.5 Billion (in today’s money) in damages, people realised financial safety measures were needed. By 1690, one in ten houses in London were insured. museumoflondon.org.uk/dis…
