1665
Great Plague date
The year 1665 appears in historical references to the Great Plague of London, which killed roughly 100,000 people, and to Isaac Newton's revolutionary work during his retreat from Cambridge.
In dates and timestamps, it's simply a number: The document was signed in 1665.
historical
England's capital city
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- diaryPersonal daily record
- bubonicOf groin-node swellings
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
quarantine · mortality · Newton · microscope · Vermeer · Rembrandt · Baroque · Spinoza
London
England's capital city
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- diaryPersonal daily record
- bubonicOf groin-node swellings
epidemic · quarantine · mortality · Newton · microscope · Vermeer · Rembrandt · Baroque · Spinoza · colonial