1666 in England was the first year to be designated as an Annus mirabilis, in John Dryden's 1667 poem, which celebrated England's failure to be beaten either by fire (the Great Fire of London) or by the Dutch. == Incumbents == Monarch – Charles II == Events == 1 February – royal court returns to London as the Great Plague of London subsides.
1666 in England was the first year to be designated as an Annus mirabilis, in John Dryden's 1667 poem, which celebrated England's failure to be beaten either by fire (the Great Fire of London) or by the Dutch. == Incumbents == Monarch – Charles II == Events == 1 February – royal court returns to London as the Great Plague of London subsides.
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