Samuel Pepys is born to a lowly tailor.
Samuel
Pepys begins a diary that is important as theatrical history, along with many
other fields of history.
John
Eliot translates the bible into Algonquin.
The
plague begins to take hold in Europe.
The
Great Fire breaks out in England, destroying 13,000 residences and leaving about
100,000 homeless.
The
English Royal Observatory is established.
Samuel
Pepys is laid to rest.