13 February – Fire engines are used for the first time in England to control and extinguish a fire that breaks out atLondon Bridge, but not before 43 houses are destroyed.[1]
May – King Charles revives medievalforest laws to raise funds from fines.
18 October – Charles I reissues theDeclaration of Sports, which had originated during his father's reign, listing the sports and recreations permitted on Sundays and other holy days.
^Walford, Cornelius, ed. (1876). "Fires, Great".The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance. C. and E. Layton. p. 29.
