September 02

1666 The Great Fire of London, which destroyed 400 acres of the city but cost just nine lives, began in a bakehouse in Pudding Lane. 1022 Malachy the Great (Máel-Sechnaill), High King of Ireland since c. 980, died on Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath. 1945 Japanese representatives sign the official ‘Instrument of surrender’ on board the ... Read more

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