Ship sent to fetch king exploded in 1665. Now, massive bronze cannon discovered
Off the Southend Pier in Essex, gunpowder caught fire and split the ship in ... the type of cannons on board the London when it blew up in 1665,” Historic England chief executive Duncan Wilson ...
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History KS1: 2. What happened during The Great Fire of London?
Why is he significant? (He kept a diary which describes in detail two important events - The Plague of 1665 and The Great Fire of London.) Who was Charles II? (The monarch at the time. He is known ...
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3. Samuel Pepys and The Great Fire of London - part 1
Finding out about London immediately before The Great Fire including the plague of 1665. We learn the songs 'Flow, flow, flow' and 'Loaves of bread and puddings and pies'. We also hear from Samuel ...