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This Day in British History

Historical trivia, births, deaths, events, kings, queens, and all of the peculiar quirkiness that makes British history so much fun!


26 May, 1676

Fire of Southwark

- Ten years after the devastating Great Fire of London, this blaze sweeps along the south bank of the Thames, burning 625 houses



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