Showing posts with label great fire of London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label great fire of London. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

History Trivia - The Great Fire of London begins in a bakery on Pudding Lane

Sept 2

 911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signed a treaty with Byzantines.

1192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the lion hearted signed a cease fire.

1666 The Great Fire of London began in a bakery on Pudding Lane and will destroy much of the city.

Friday, September 5, 2014

History Trivia - Great Fire of London ends

Sept 5

 394 Theodosius reunited the entire Roman Empire for the last time with victory at the Battle of Frigidus.

1316 John XXII the second Roman Catholic pope to reside in Avignon, France rather than Rome, was crowned.


1548 Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, died.

1666 Great Fire of London ended: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral were destroyed, but only 16 people were known to have died.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

History Trivia - Sultan Saladin and King Richard the lion hearted sign a cease fire

 Sept 2

911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signed a treaty with Byzantines. 1

192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the lion hearted signed a cease fire.

1537 Danish King Christian III published an Ordinance on the Danish Church which ordered Denmark to convert to Lutheranism and as Norway was then ruled by Denmark, the Norwegians converted as well.

1666 The Great Fire of London began in a bakery on Pudding Lane and will destroy much of the city.
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