1666
London burned down
1666 is often cited as a year of catastrophe and transformation, primarily for the Great Fire of London, which destroyed much of the medieval city.
The number carries apocalyptic associations—some contemporaries noted that 1666 contains 666, the "number of the beast" from Revelation.
In historical shorthand, 1666 evokes urban destruction and religious anxiety.
Of groin-node swellings
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- death tollTotal fatalities counted
mortality · red cross · plague pits · mass graves · epidemic · outbreak · fleas · rats
1666 catastrophic urban blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- bakeryShop selling fresh loaves
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- St. Paul's CathedralLondon's principal Anglican church
Christopher Wren · Monument · rebuilding · timber frames · firefighting · London Bridge · insurance · building regulations
Restored English sovereign
- StuartScottish-origin English dynasty
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
theatre · diary · court · aristocracy · royalists · divine right · House of Lords · censorship
Laws of motion formulator
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- opticsScience of illumination
- prismLight-splitting optical element
Royal Society · scientific revolution · Cambridge · alchemy · astronomy · natural philosophy · experimentation · apple
Ornate artistic period
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- VermeerBaroque Dutch painter
- MiltonBaroque English verse master
Paradise Lost · architecture · portraiture · literature · music · patronage · Dutch Golden Age
bubonic
Of groin-node swellings
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- contagionDisease spread by contact
death toll · mortality · red cross · plague pits · mass graves · epidemic · outbreak · fleas · rats · infection
Great Fire of London
1666 catastrophic urban blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- bakeryShop selling fresh loaves
- flamesVisible burning combustion
Christopher Wren · St. Paul's Cathedral · Monument · rebuilding · timber frames · firefighting · London Bridge · insurance · building regulations · aftermath
Charles II
Restored English sovereign
- StuartScottish-origin English dynasty
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
throne · theatre · diary · court · aristocracy · royalists · divine right · House of Lords · censorship · merriment
Isaac Newton
Laws of motion formulator
prism · Royal Society · scientific revolution · Cambridge · alchemy · astronomy · natural philosophy · experimentation · apple · discovery
Baroque
Ornate artistic period
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- VermeerBaroque Dutch painter
Milton · Paradise Lost · architecture · portraiture · literature · music · patronage · Dutch Golden Age