Samuel Pepys frustration to Pepys. Pepys' diary provides a first-hand account of the Restoration, and it is also notable for its detailed accounts of several major events of the 1660s, along with the lesser known diary of John Evelyn. In particular, it is an invaluable source for the study of the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665–7, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. In relation to the Plague and Fire, C. S. Knighton has written: "From its reporting of these two disasters to the metropolis in which he thrived, Pepys's diary has become a national monument."
Samuel Day (sportsman) Samuel Day (sportsman) Samuel Hulme Day (29 December 1878 – 21 February 1950), known as Sammy Day, was an amateur sportsman who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and association football for Corinthian F.C.. He made three international appearances for the England football team as an inside forward. Day was born in Peckham Rye in Southwark, the son of Sydney and Evelyn Day. His father was a wine merchant. Day attended Shirley House School in Blackheath and Malvern College before going up to Queens' College, Cambridge. He was the older brother of Sydney and Arthur Day, both of