The Great plague & The London fire

The Great plague&The London fire Liise-Marie Valgi

The Great plague • 1665–1666 • The last major epidemic of the bubonic plague • Began in London in the poor parish • Charles II and his Court left London and fled to Oxford. • Rats carried the fleas that caused the plague. • All trade with London and other plague towns was stopped. • 'Lord have mercy on us'

The Great Plague • Doctors tried to protect themselves by wearing special clothes. • Victims were buried outside the city walls: • Great Pit at Aldgate in London • At Finsbury Fields. • The Lord Mayor of London ordered all the stray dogs and cats to be destroyed.

Consequences • About 20% of London's population died • nearly 100,000 people • About 40,000 dogs and 200,000 cats were killed

The Great Fire of London • September 2, 1666 • On Pudding Lane, in the bakeshop of Thomas Farynor • 8 o'clock in the morning, the fire had spread halfway across London Bridge. • The fire was too out of control to stop.

Consequenses • The loss of life was minimal • 80% of the city proper was destroyed • 13,000 houses • 89 churches • 52 Guild Halls • Homeless and financially ruined citizens • The plague diminished greatly

Rebulding • Charles II • Wider streets • Buildings of brick • Sir Christopher Wren • 50 churches • New St. Paul’s Cathedral • Monumentof the Great Fire • Monument Street.

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The Great plague & The London fire