Samuel Pepys recorded it in his diary, which also covered the plague that occurred in the same year.  
The Frenchman Robert Hubert falsely confessed to causing it on behalf of the pope, and it sparked anti-Dutch violence since it occurred during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.  Thomas Bloodworth failed to take action against it, but gunpowder was ordered to be used by Charles II.  A column called the Monument stands at Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane, where it began shortly after midnight.  Samuel Pepys recorded it in his diary, which also covered the plague that occurred in the same year.  For 10 points, name this disaster that began on September 2, 1666 and burned down St. Paul's Cathedral.
The Frenchman Robert Hubert falsely confessed to causing it on behalf of the pope, and it sparked anti-Dutch violence since it occurred during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.  
The Great Fire of London