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1666Oct, 27

Robert Hubert

Robert Hubert, French watchmaker (b. 1640)
Robert Hubert (c. 1640 – 27 October 1666) was a watchmaker from Rouen, France, who was executed following his false confession of starting the Great Fire of London.

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