The Great Fire of September 1666 destroyed most of the City of London, including the medieval St. Paul's and more than eighty parish churches. The rebuilding that followed, under building regulations requiring brick and stone and with Christopher Wren designing the new cathedral and dozens of churches, was the largest planned reconstruction European architecture had yet seen.
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Milestone YearThe year of the fire; the rebuilding ran for decades, with St. Paul's completed in 1710. Milestone DateRoyal assent date of the Rebuilding of London Act 1666, given here in the modern New Style calendar; England's civil year at the time began 25 March, so contemporary records dated this same day in early 1667 as still within 1666, consistent with this entity's milestone-year. The Great Fire that triggered the rebuilding began 2 September 1666. Connections
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Architect of the new St. Paul's and dozens of the rebuilt churches.
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Christopher Wren designed the new St Paul's Cathedral and dozens of parish churches in the rebuilding that followed the Great Fire.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Rebuilding of London Act 1666, Infobox: royal_assentQuote, Wikipedia: Rebuilding of London Act 1666, Infobox: royal_assent
8 February 1667
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