History

In what year did the Great Fire of London occur?

1666

Background

The Great Fire began on 2 September 1666 in a bakery on Pudding Lane. The city burned for four days, and 13,000 houses were destroyed. Officially only six people died. Afterwards London was rebuilt with wider streets and stone houses.

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