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Great Fire of London breaks out. It will burn for three days, consuming 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The massive conflagration will inspire numerous songs including the traditional children's song London's Burning, and September 1666 by Al Start
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