What the records say
- When
- 2 Oct 1652
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 65.01° N, 25.47° E
- Description
- fire in Oulu, Sweden (now Finland) on 2 October 1652
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Great Oulu fire of 1652
Fire in Oulu, Finland
The great Oulu fire of 1652 destroyed the majority of the young city of Oulu, Finland on 2 October 1652. Almost all of the houses of the town's bourgeoisie, the provision warehouses in which the Crown's grain and money was stored and the drawbridge of Oulu Castle were destroyed.
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