Important Historical Events of the year 1666, Year 1666 in History

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List of 1666 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1666

What happened in the year 1666?

Date	Event
August 19, 1666	Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
September 2, 1666	The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
September 3, 1666	The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
September 4, 1666	In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
September 5, 1666	Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
October 23, 1666	The most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the Fujita scale or T8 on the TORRO scale, strikes the county of Lincolnshire, with winds of more than 213 miles per hour (343 km/h).
November 28, 1666	At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter insurgents led by James Wallace of Auchens in the Battle of Rullion Green.