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Topic: Tartu, Great fire of
Location: Kaunas Kaunas Lithuania

Tartu, Great fire of

Years: 1775 - 1775

The Great fire of Tartu takes place on July 6 [O.S. 25 June] 1775 and destroys most of the city of Tartu in what is now Estonia.

The fire destroys the center of the city.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)