1666

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September 2: The Great Fire of London breaks out and destroys much of the English capital over the next four days. 8 The Great Fire of London 1666.JPG
September 2: The Great Fire of London breaks out and destroys much of the English capital over the next four days.
1666 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1666
MDCLXVI
Ab urbe condita 2419
Armenian calendar 1115
ԹՎ ՌՃԺԵ
Assyrian calendar 6416
Balinese saka calendar 1587–1588
Bengali calendar 1072–1073
Berber calendar 2616
English Regnal year 17  Cha. 2   18  Cha. 2
Buddhist calendar 2210
Burmese calendar 1028
Byzantine calendar 7174–7175
Chinese calendar 乙巳年 (Wood  Snake)
4363 or 4156
     to 
丙午年 (Fire  Horse)
4364 or 4157
Coptic calendar 1382–1383
Discordian calendar 2832
Ethiopian calendar 1658–1659
Hebrew calendar 5426–5427
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1722–1723
 - Shaka Samvat 1587–1588
 - Kali Yuga 4766–4767
Holocene calendar 11666
Igbo calendar 666–667
Iranian calendar 1044–1045
Islamic calendar 1076–1077
Japanese calendar Kanbun 6
(寛文6年)
Javanese calendar 1588–1589
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar 3999
Minguo calendar 246 before ROC
民前246年
Nanakshahi calendar 198
Thai solar calendar 2208–2209
Tibetan calendar 阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
1792 or 1411 or 639
     to 
阳火马年
(male Fire-Horse)
1793 or 1412 or 640
August 4: The Dutch Navy fails to invade the British Isles after the English triumph in the St. James's Day Battle St. James Day Fight, Pic 1.jpg
August 4: The Dutch Navy fails to invade the British Isles after the English triumph in the St. James's Day Battle

1666 (MDCLXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar  and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1666th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 666th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1660s decade. As of the start of 1666, the Gregorian calendar was 10days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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This is the first year to be designated as an Annus mirabilis , in John Dryden's 1667 poem so titled, celebrating England's failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire.

Events

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Date unknown

Births

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Guru Gobind Singh

Deaths

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Shah Jahan
Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria Arolsen Klebeband 01 095 4.jpg
Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria
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Frans Hals

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