1608 – First settlement in Jamestown burnt. 
1577 – Fire in the Doge's Palace, Venice, destroyed major works by Bellini, Titian and Tintoretto. 1568 – The Great Fire of Ferrol which reduced the old medieval town to rubble. 1561 – Fire of Valladolid (September 21) destroys a tenth of the city, including 440 houses. 1190 – Fire at Clifford's Tower, York, England, killed at least 150 Jews. 1184 – Lightning causes a fire at McDermott's Castle, Ireland, with 120–140 deaths. 642 – later sources attribute burning to Caliph Omar during the Muslim conquest of Egypt. 391 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned by order of Roman Emperor Theodosius I. 272 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned during the occupation of Alexandria. 48 BC – Library of Alexandria accidentally burned during siege by Julius Caesar. Evidence is scant for all four fires, but the library was eventually destroyed. Library of Alexandria destroyed by fire. 70 – Second Temple in Jerusalem burned by Roman Empire troops under general Titus. 64 AD – Great Fire of Rome occurred in July, 64 AD destroying two thirds of Rome. 
330 BC – Persepolis destroyed by fire after its capture by Alexander the Great.356 BC – Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, arson by Herostratus.480 BC – Acropolis of Athens burnt during the second Persian invasion of Greece.586 BC – First Temple in Jerusalem burned by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians.
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