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Recent Event Highlights: Great Fire ends, Great Fire begins, and 9 more...

Created by btc1125 on Jan 3, 2011

Last updated: 01/05/11 at 02:40 PM

• French King limits freedoms
  Feb 1, 1669

  King Louis XIV of France limits the religious freedoms of the people All information has been taken from HistoryOrb.com

• Isaac Newton recieves MA
  Jul 7, 1668

  Sir Isaac Newton recieves MA from Trinity College, Cambridge.

• Earliest Recorded Hurricane
  Aug 27, 1667

  First recorded hurricane in the U.S. in Jamestown.

• Great Fire ends
  Sep 5, 1666

  September 5th, 1666: The Great Fire ends, leaving 8 people dead and 13,200 homes destroyed.

• Great Fire begins
  Sep 2, 1666

  September 2nd, 1666: The Great Fire begins at 2am in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed in the blaze.

• War!
  Mar 4, 1665

  King Charles II has declared war on the Netherlands.

• New Amsterdam Surrendered
  Sep 24, 1664

  New Amsterdam surrendered to England by the Netherlands.

• Charter granted for Rhode Island
  Jul 8, 1663

  King Charles II grants a charter for the founding of Rhode Island.

• England sells Duinkernen
  Oct 27, 1662

  Charles II of England sells Duikernen to France for 2.5 million Livres

• Treaty of Kardis is signed
  Jun 21, 1661

  The peace treaty was signed today by both Russia and Sweden.

• Charles II sends Declaration of Breda
  Apr 4, 1660

  Charles II of England has sent out the Declaration of Breda. The Declaration of Breda declares freedom of religion.