The Great Fire of London

Jackson Leung
Discussion 1B

The Great Fire of London occurred in September of 1666. The fire ended the plague at the time but also destroyed most of London itself. With such devastation comes restoration. Instead of restoring slums and crowded alleyways that had inhabited the open space created by the fire, London was physically reinvented, leading to economic and political reinvention as well. With a more spacious architectural build, the city became, in a sense, the center, the capital, of European nations; of the universe. In a sense, the Great Fire of London led to the Great Rebirth of London. It led to the rebirth of the city, country, and the nation.