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August 4 ( July 25 Julian calendar) – In the St. James's Day Battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English Royal Navy, under the command of Prince Rupert of the Rhine and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, defeats the Dutch Republic navy off the North Foreland of England.
- Great Fire of London - Wikipedia
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that...
- 1666 in England - Wikipedia
1666 in England was the first year to be designated as an...
- Great Fire of London - Wikipedia
The Great Fire of London happened in Central London in 1666. The fire lasted for just under five days, from 2nd September until 6th September. It is believed to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the 80,000 people that lived in the city. It is not known how many people died in the fire.
- Bakery fire
- 6
- 2–6 September 1666
The Four Days' Battle was a naval engagement fought from 11 to 14 June 1666 (1–4 June O.S.) during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. It began off the Flemish coast and ended near the English coast, and remains one of the longest naval battles in history.
- 11–14 June 1666
- Dutch victory
666 is the sum of the first thirty-six natural numbers, which makes it a triangular number: [4] . Since 36 is also triangular, 666 is a doubly triangular number. [5] Also, 36 = 15 + 21 where 15 and 21 are triangular as well, whose squares ( 152 = 225 and 212 = 441) add to 666 and have a difference of 216 = 6 × 6 × 6.
During the Great Plague of London (1665-1666), the disease called the bubonic plague killed about 200,000 people in London, England. In seven months, almost one quarter of London's population (one out of every four Londoners) died from the plague.
