64. _Rome_ burned during 8 days. 10 of the 14 wards of the city were
destroyed.
1106. _Venice_, greater part of the city was burned.
1577. " fire at the arsenal, greater part of the city ruined by
an explosion.
1299. _Weimar_, destructive fire; also in 1424 and 1618.
1379. _Memel_ was in large part destroyed, and again in 1457, 1540,
1678, 1854.
1405. _Bern_ was destroyed.
1420. _Leipzig_ lost 400 houses.
1457. _Dort_, cathedral and large part of the town burned.
1491. _Dresden_ was destroyed.
1521. _Oviedo_, large part of the city destroyed.
1543. _Komorn_ was burned.
1634. _Furth_ was burned by Austrian Croats.
1680. _Furth_ was again destroyed.
1686. _Landau_ was almost destroyed.
1758. _Pirna_ was burned by Prussians. 260 houses destroyed.
1762. _Munich_ lost 200 houses.
1764. _Konigsberg_, public buildings, &c., burned. Loss, L600,000.
1769. " almost destroyed.
1784. _Rokitzan_ (Bohemia) was totally destroyed. Loss, L300,000.
1801. _Brody_, 1500 houses destroyed.
1859. " 1000 houses destroyed.
1803. _Posen_, large part of older portion of city burned.
1811. Forest fires in Tyrol destroyed 64 villages and hamlets.
1818. _Salzburg_ was partly destroyed.
1842. _Hamburg_. A fire raged for 100 hours, May 5-7.
During the fire the city was in a state of anarchy. 4219
buildings, including 2000 dwellings, were destroyed.
One-fifth of the population was made homeless, and 100
persons lost their lives. The total loss amounted to
L7,000,000. After the fire, contributions from all Germany
came in to help to rebuild the city.
1861. _Glarus_ (Switzerland), 500 houses burned.