1666 in England

Events from the year 1666 which occurred in England.

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London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, During the Great Fire — Derived from a Print of the Period by Visscher

11 June–14 June Second Anglo-Dutch War : Four Days Battle, one of the longest naval engagements in history
August 5 - Second Anglo-Dutch War: English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter at St. James's Day Battle.
September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles II's baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. The fire burns for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral, but only 16 people are known to have died.
September 5 - Great Fire of London ends. Destruction of overcrowded houses ends Great Plague of London.
Sir Isaac Newton develops differential calculus.
Sir Isaac Newton uses a prism to split sunlight into its component colours, which led to a greater understanding of the nature of light. (See optical spectrum).
Thomas Hobbes' work De principiis et ratiocinatione geometrarum published