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104 matches to Fire of London
Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.
Shipton, Mother. 1488-1561. Predicted 1666 Great Fire of London.
Agni. Hindu god of fire, sun and lightning.
Alexandria. Founded 332BC by Alexander the Great. Centre of Hellenistic culture. Lighthouse one of Seven Wonders. 284BC Great Library of 700,000+ volumes. Fires 47BC, 391.
Amritsar Riot. 1919. British Dyer opens fire on unarmed Indians. 379 dead. 1200 injured.
Braithwaite. 1829. First steam fire engine.
Dimitrov, Georgi. 1882-1949. Bulgarian Communist leader. Prime Minister 45-. Acquitted of Reichstagg fire.
Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.
Empedocles. c500-430BC. Greek philosopher. Heart is seat of life. Matter is fire, air, earth, water.
Fire brigade. 4000BC China. 2000BC Egypt. 150BC Rome. 1722 Paris.
Firearms. 1247 used at Siege of Seville.1327 Edward III uses canon vs Scots. 1364 Perugia First handguns. 1640 Flintlock.
Greek Fire. 648. Byzantine secret weapon. Flammable substance that ignited on contact with water invented by Callinicus of Heliopolis.
Handel, George Frideric. 1685-1759. German/ English composer of oratorio, Italian opera. Peak of polyphonic music. Water Music 1717. Messiah 1741. Music for Royal Fireworks 1749.
Hautsch. 1657. First fire engine.
Hephaestus. Greek god of fire, metalsmith. =Vulcan.
Heracleitus. c540-480BC. Greek philosopher. ’The only permanent thing is change.’ Fire is basis of matter.
Jauhar. Indian woman’s suicide by fire before husband’s expected death in battle.
Mitchell, Reginald. 1895-1937. English designer of Spitfire aircraft.
Nabokov, Vladimir. 1899-1977. Russian/US writer. Lolita 1955. Pale Fire 1962.
Nero. 37-68. Cruel, licentious Roman Emperor 54-. Persecuted Christians. Killed mother, wife. Blamed for fire, 63. Golden House.
Nixon, Richard. 1913-94. US president 1969-74. Hiss investigation. Checkers. China relations. Vietnam cease-fire. Watergate. Pardoned.
Ordeal, Trial by. -1219. English common form of trial. eg: fire, battle, dunking.
Porter, Edwin. 1869/70-1941. US filmmaker. First dramatic editing -Great Train Robbery 1903; First US documentary -The Life of an American Fireman 1903.
Prometheus. Titan who made man of clay and gave him life, stole fire from the gods for him. Chained to a rock to have an eagle eat his liver daily. Freed by Hercules.
Reichstag Fire. 1933. Arson. Hitler blamed “red peril” as excuse for assuming dictatorship.