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Events on Thursday 5 May 1842 1
1842Great Fire of HamburgFire destroys about a third of the old cityA fire broke out on Deichstraße and burned for four days, destroying about a third of Hamburg's old town. Around 51 people died and some 20,000 were left homeless. The rebuilding brought a modern sewer system designed by William Lindley.