Question

Which do you think was a greater disaster- the plague or the Great Fire? Why?

Answer 1

Two of the greatest disasters in London's history both occurred in the 1660s: plague and fire struck the city in successive years. Neither was a novelty. The bubonic plague was endemic – there were outbreaks in 1603 and 1625 that killed tens of thousands – but neither was as bad as the Great Plague of 1665.