Great Fire of 1760 occurs.

Described by the Boston Post-Boy as “The most terrible Fire that has happened in this Town, or perhaps in any other Part of North-America,” it starts in the Brazen Head Tavern across from Williams Court and spreads to today’s State Street (then King Street). Although it destroys some 350 houses, shops, and warehouses and 10 ships in the Dock Square area, no one is killed. Afterward, newly appointed tax collector Samuel Adams refrains temporarily from collecting taxes from property owners who were victims of the blaze. Most of the structures are subsequently rebuilt, but those over seven feet are required to be made of brick with roofs of tile or slate.