The fire caused the dome of the Rotunda to collapse, smashing the Edicule's exterior decoration. 1808 – Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.1794 – Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen.1772 – Hôtel-Dieu de Paris fire in Paris, France.Eventually replaced by the present royal palace. 1734 – The Royal Palace of the Alcazar, Madrid, burned on Christmas Eve.1731 – Coudenberg Royal Palace, Brussels, destroyed and never rebuilt.1727 – Fire during puppet show in barn at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, killed 78 (including 51 children).1698 – The Tudor and Stuart Palace of Whitehall, London burned, except for Inigo Jones's Banqueting House.1697 – The medieval "Tre Kronor" Royal Castle in Stockholm burned down and was eventually replaced by the present palace.1671 – Much of the monastery of the Escorial outside Madrid burned in a fire lasting 15 days, destroying large numbers of artworks, books and manuscripts.Treasures and important historical charters were destroyed. 1652 – Town hall of Amsterdam burnt down.During the performance, cannon misfire caught the thatched roof on fire and the Theatre burned down. 1577 – Fire in the Doge's Palace, Venice, destroyed major works by Bellini, Titian and Tintoretto.1190 – Fire at Clifford's Tower, York, England, killed at least 150 Jews.1184 – Lightning causes a fire at McDermott's Castle, Ireland, with 120–140 deaths.642 – later sources attribute burning to Caliph Omar during the Muslim conquest of Egypt.391 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned by order of Roman Emperor Theodosius I.272 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned during the occupation of Alexandria.48 BC – Library of Alexandria accidentally burned during siege by Julius Caesar.Evidence is scant for all four fires, but the library was eventually destroyed. Library of Alexandria destroyed by fire.70 AD – Second Temple in Jerusalem burned by Roman Empire troops under general Titus.356 BC – Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, arson by Herostratus.480 BC – Acropolis of Athens burnt during the second Persian invasion of Greece.586 BC – First Temple in Jerusalem burned by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians.For major urban conflagrations, see List of town and city fires. This is a list of building or structure fires where a building or structure has caught fire. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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