Tag Archives: fire

July 19, 64 CE

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY on July 19th, in 64 AD Rome burned. According to Pliny the Elder, the fire started in the livestock district in a barn owned by recent Gaelic immigrants Atrickpay and Atherinecay Olearyay. It was rumored that Atherinecay was milking her cow during the early evening hours when it kicked over … Continue reading →

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July 10, 1212

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY! July 10th, 1212, the most severe of several early fires of London burned most of the city to the ground. Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone First Mayor of London was finally let go after twenty-four consecutive terms after his debacle of hiring the City Planning Firm of Porc dePaille et Porc … Continue reading →

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June 29, 1613

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Joel Byers

On June 25, 1613 the first neighborhood insurance company is formed by the Garducci family, recent Sicilian immigrants to the Southwark Bridge Road Neighborhood. On June 28, Antonio Garducci went to the majority shareholders (brothers Richard and Cuthbert Burbage) of the “Lord Chamberlain’s Men” the company that owned the Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare, a minority … Continue reading →

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