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Great Fire of London: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: Heritage History - The Great Fire of London. Jun 19, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - The Great Fire of London. Jan 08, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - This Week in History: The Great Fire of London. Nov 13, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 26, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC News - Five ways the Great Fire changed London. Jan 11, 2025
Add new Web site: London Museum - The Great Fire of London. Nov 11, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Lost in the Great Fire: which London buildings disappeared in the 1666 blaze? Jun 28, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Oxford - Faculty of History - Facing up to catastrophe: The Great Fire of London. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Museum of London - The Great Fire of London 1666. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Great Fire of London and the Ecocritical Debate in John Dryden�s Annus Mirabilis (PDF). Jun 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Eyewitnesstohistory.com - The Great Fire of London, 1666. May 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Historic UK - Great Fire of London 1666. Feb 03, 2023
Add new Web site: London Fire Brigade Museum - The Great Fire of London. Dec 23, 2022
Add new Web site: Science Museum - Great fire of London: How science rebuilt a city. Nov 16, 2022
Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - The Great Fire of London Facts. Sep 09, 2022
Add new Web site: Museum of London - What happened in the Great Fire of London? Jun 07, 2019
Add new Web site: Royal Museums Greenwich - The Great Fire of London. Jun 07, 2019
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - The Great Fire of London: Rebuilding of London Act of 1666. Feb 23, 2014
Media added. Aug 11, 2009
Article revised and updated. May 15, 2007
Article revised. Mar 25, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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