August 15 - Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
Events
August 9 - Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
September 2 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral.
September 3 - The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
September 4 - In London, England, the most destructive damage from a Great Fire occurs.
September 5 - Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 16 people are known to have died.
