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12 de abr. de 2024 · Great Plague of London, epidemic of plague that ravaged London, England, from 1665 to 1666. City records indicate that some 68,596 people died during the epidemic, though the actual number of deaths is suspected to have exceeded 100,000 out of a total population estimated at 460,000. The outbreak.
- Great Fire of London
Great Fire of London, (September 2–5, 1666), the worst fire...
- Great Fire of London
Hace 2 días · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz [a] (1 July 1646 [ O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who invented calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics and statistics. Leibniz has been called the "last universal genius" due to his knowledge and skills in ...
- Bartholomäus Leonhard von Schwendendörffer [de] (Dr. jur. thesis advisor)
Hace 2 días · Listed Building – Grade II. Location of the castle in central London. The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separated from the eastern ...
8 de abr. de 2024 · James Shirley (born September 1596, London, Eng.—buried Oct. 29, 1666, London) was an English poet and dramatist, one of the leading playwrights in the decade before the closing of the theaters by Parliament in 1642. Shirley was educated at the University of Cambridge and after his ordination became master of the St. Albans Grammar ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 4 días · In September 1666, Charles II put James in charge of firefighting operations during the Great Fire of London, in the absence of action by Lord Mayor Thomas Bloodworth. This was not a political office, but his actions and leadership were noteworthy.
11 de abr. de 2024 · George Thomason (born c. 1602, England—died February/April 1666, Mickleham, Surrey, Eng.) was an English bookseller whose collection of printed books, handbills, pamphlets, ballads, newspapers, and other writings (cataloged and bound from 1640 to 1661) constitute one of the most important historical sources for the English Civil ...
17 de abr. de 2024 · Jackson Baker. 4:00 a.m. Apr. 17, 2024. One of the most intriguing aspects of Lora Chilton’s historical novel 1666 may be the task of keeping the phonetically spelled names of people and places...
