Editing 1666 (section)

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[[File:8 The Great Fire of London 1666.JPG|thumb|300px|[[September 2]]: The [[Great Fire of London]] breaks out and destroys much of the English capital over the next four days.]]
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[[File:St. James Day Fight, Pic 1.jpg|thumb|300px|[[August 4]]: The Dutch Navy fails to invade the British Isles after the English triumph in the [[St. James's Day Battle]]]]
{{Year article header|1666}} This is the first year to be designated as an ''[[Annus mirabilis]]'', in [[John Dryden]]'s 1667 [[Annus Mirabilis (poem)|poem so titled]], celebrating [[Kingdom of England|England]]'s failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire.