The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
17th October 2017
Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught fire.
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.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017