Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught fire.
9th August 1173: Construction begins on the Leaning Tower of Pisa
9th August 2019
The Peshtigo Fire killed up to 2,500 people in the deadliest wildfire in recorded history.
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras station.
Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.
The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019