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EUROPE 1530. See also:Aalborg, almost entirely destroyed. 1541. Aarhuus, almost entirely destroyed, and again in 1556. 1624. Opslo, nearly destroyed. See also:Christiania was built on the site. 1702. See also:Bergen, greater See also:part of the See also:town destroyed. 1728. See also:Copenhagen, nearly destroyed. 165o heusesburned, 77 streets, 1794.

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palace with contents burned. 1795. 5o streets, 1563 houses burned. 1751. See also:Stockholm, moo houses destroyed. 1759. 250 houses burned. Loss, 2,000,000 crowns. 1775. See also:Abo, 200 houses and 15 See also:mills burned. 1827. ,, 780 houses burned, with the university.

1790. Carlsc ona, 1087 houses, churches, warehouses, &c., destroyed. 1802. See also:

Gothenburg, 178 houses burned. 1858. Christiania. Loss estimated at £250,000. 1865. See also:Carlstadt (See also:Sweden), everything burned except the See also:bishop's See also:residence, See also:hospital and jail. to lives lost. See also:RUSSIA 1736. St See also:Petersburg, 2000 houses burned. 1862.

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great See also:fire. Loss, £t,000,000. 1752. See also:Moscow, 18,000 houses burned. 1812. „ The Russians fired the See also:city on See also:September 14 to drive out the See also:army of See also:Napoleon. The fire continued five days. Nine-tenths of the city was destroyed. Number of houses burned, 30,800. Loss, £30,000,000. 1753. See also:Archangel, 900 houses burned.

1793. 3000 buildings and the See also:

cathedral burned. 1786. See also:Tobolsk, nearly destroyed. 1788. See also:Mitau, nearly destroyed. 1812. See also:Riga, partly destroyed. 1834. See also:Tula, destructive fire. 1848. See also:Orel, large part of the town destroyed.

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Cracow, large part of the town burned. 1864. See also:Novgorod, large amount of See also:property destroyed. See also:TURKEY The following fires have occurred at See also:Constantinople: 1729. A great fire destroyed 12,000 houses and 7000 See also:people. 1745. A fire lasted five days. 1750. In See also:January, Io,o00 houses burned; in See also:April, property destroyed estimated from £I,000,000 to £3,000,000. Later in the See also:year Io,0o0 houses were destroyed. 1751.

4000 houses were burned. 1756. 15,000 houses and too people destroyed. During the years 1761, 1765 and 1767 great havoc was made by fire. 1769. See also:

July 17. A fire raged for twelve See also:hours, extending nearly I m. in length. Many of the palaces, some small mosques and nearly 65o houses were destroyed. A fire lasting 15 hours consumed 2500 houses and shops. 2000 houses were burned. See also:August 12. A fire burned three days: to,000 houses, 50 mosques and too See also:corn mills destroyed; too lives lost.

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February, 60o houses burned; in See also:June, 7000 more. August 5. A fire burned' for 26 hours and destroyed to,000 houses, most of which had been rebuilt since the fires of 1782. In the same year, See also:March 13, a fire in the suburb of Pera destroyed two-thirds of that See also:quarter. Loss estimated at 2,000,000 florins. 179. Between March and July 32,000 houses are said to have been burned, and as many In 1795. 1799. In the suburb of Pera 13,000 houses were burned and many magnificent buildings. 1816. August 16. 12,000 houses and 3000 shops in the finest quarter were destroyed.

1818. August 13. A fire destroyed several thousand houses. 1826. A fire destroyed 6000 houses. 1848. 500 houses and 2000 shops destroyed. Loss estimated at £3,000,000. 1865. A great fire destroyed 2800 houses, public buildings, &c. Over 22,000 people were See also:

left homeless. 1870.

June 5. The suburb of Pera, occupied by the See also:

foreign See also:population and native Christians, was swept by a fire which destroyed over 7000 buildings, many of them among the best in the city, including the residence of the foreign legations. Loss estimated at nearly £5,000,000. 1797. See also:Scutari, the town of 3000 houses totally destroyed. 1763. See also:Smyrna, 2600 houses consumed. Loss, £200,000. 1772. „ 3000 dwellings burned. 3000 to 4000 shops, &c. consumed. Loss, £4,000,000.

1796. 4000 shops, mosques, magazines, &c., burned. 12,000 houses were burned. See also:

INDIA 1631. See also:Rajmahal. Palace and great part of the town burned. 1799. Manilla, vast storehouses were burned. 1833. „ 10,000 huts were burned, March 26. 30,000 people rendered homeless, and 50 lives lost. 1803.

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Madras, more than moo houses burned. 1803. Bombay. Loss by fire of £600,000.

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