1770. Portsmouth, dockyard burned. Loss, £100,000.
1802. Liverpool, destructive fire. Loss, £1,000,000.
1827. Sheerness, 50 houses and much property destroyed.
1854. Gateshead, 50 persons killed. Loss, £1,000,000.
1875. Glasgow. Great fire. Loss, £300,000.
France
59. Lyons, burned to ashes. Nero offers to rebuild it.
1118. Nantes, greater part of the city destroyed.
1137. Dijon, burned.
1524. Troyes, nearly destroyed.