Year by year · 17th century
1666
1666 in world history: 3 events, 6 births and 12 deaths. 1,149 recorded states existed that year.
Events
The Great Fire of London breaks out in Pudding Lane
Fire broke out in Thomas Farriner's bakery and raged for four days, destroying some 13,200 houses, 87 churches and old St Paul's Cathedral. Wren's rebuilding transformed the City.
Treaty · Peace
Peace of Habenhausen
The Peace of Habenhausen was signed in November 1666 at Habenhausen, near Bremen, ending the second war between Sweden and the city of Bremen.
Wars and longer events
Born in 1666 6
Died in 1666 12
Shah Jahan1592–1666
Frans Halsc. 1582–1666
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1579–1666
Senhime1597–1666- Barbara of Matambad. 1666
- Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parhamc. 1614–1666
Johann Rudolf Wettstein1594–1666- Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour1593–1666
- Charles de Salesd. 1666
- Hammuda Pasha Beyd. 1666
- Matsudaira Naomasa1601–1666
- Pedro de Peraltac. 1584–1666
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