Which historical event did Defoe witness as a child?
The Great Fire of London
The English Civil War
The Glorious Revolution
The Restoration of the Monarchy
Answer
Daniel Defoe witnessed the Great Fire of London in 1666 when he was just a child. The fire destroyed a large portion of the city, and its impact stayed with Defoe throughout his life. He later wrote about the event in his work "A Journal of the Plague Year."
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