Brewer's: Annus Mirabilis

The year of wonders, 1666, memorable for the great fire of London and the successes of our arms over the Dutch. Dryden has written a poem with this title, in which he describes both these events.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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