Historical Events In 1666

Sep 01   Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed upside the fire cleanns up th ecity in the year 1666.  

Sep 02   In the year 1666 a fire in a bakery in Pudding Lane, spread to engulf 13,000 buildings; 'The Great Fire of London'  

Sep 02   On this day in history great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed  

Sep 02   On this day in history great Fire of London destroys St Paul's Church  

Sep 05   In the year 1666 gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter  

Sep 05   Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead on this day in history.  

Sep 06   The Great Fire of London is finally put out after four days on this day in history.  

Sep 16   In the year 1666 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi becomes Islamiet  

Sep 23   In the year 1666 princess Maria of Orange-Nassau marries Mauritius earl of Simmeren  

Oct 11   In the year 1666 henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies  

Oct 25   Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Neth form anti-French Quadruple Alliance on this day in history.  

Nov 01   In the year 1666 james Sherard, composer  

Nov 05   In the year 1666 attilio Ariosti, composer  

Nov 14   Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs) in the year 1666.  

Nov 14   Samuel Pepys reports on first blood transfusion (between dogs) in the year 1666.  

Dec 05   In the year 1666 francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer  

Dec 30   Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname in the year 1666.  

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Feb 09   In the year 1666 birth of george Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737)  

Feb 15   In the year 1666 birth of antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)  

Mar 15   On this day in history birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)  

Mar 15   In the year 1666 birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)  

Apr 17   On this day in history birth of francois Valentijn, Dutch vicar/writer  

Apr 25   On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer  

May 14   In the year 1666 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)  

Jul 10   John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (d. 1711) was born in the year 1666.  

Jan 18   Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56 in the year 1666.  

Jan 20   Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   In the year 1666 johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77  

Feb 01   In the year 1666 sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies  

Feb 24   Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1666.  

May 06   In the year 1666 paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79  

May 22   In the year 1666 death of gaspar Schott, German scientist (b. 1608)  

Jun 11   On this day in history cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55