3. London Fire of 1666
From 2nd September to 5th September 1666, London was engulfed by fire. It devoured 70000 home of 80000 inhabitants. It also destroyed 87 parish churches, St. Paul’s Cathedral and most of the buildings of the City authorities. Studies by archaeologists of a melted piece of pottery on display at the Museum of London states that the temperature reached 1700 degree Celsius at the time of the fire. The fire started from the bakery of Thomas Farriner and quickly spread to parts of the city. Bizarrely, predictions were made “The blood of the just will be demanded of London, Burnt by the fire in the year 66.”.
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