1814 – The White House and United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. 1811 – Richmond Theatre fire, Richmond, Virginia. Officially 1 dead, in reality at least 91. 1810 – Austrian embassy fire (fr), Paris. Much of the south and east portions of the palace were destroyed and not rebuilt. 1808 – First Royal Opera House fire in London, England. 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. 
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