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."
John and Evelyn Billings Richmond aged care centre, survived by his wife, children and large extended family. Evelyn died on 16 February 2013, aged 95, following a brief illness. John and Evelyn Billings John Billings, (5 March 1918 – 1 April 2007) and his wife Evelyn Livingston Billings, (née Thomas; 8 February 191816 February 2013) were Australian physicians who pioneered the natural method of family planning known initially as the Ovulation Method, then the Ovulation Method Billings, specified by the WHO in 1978 and finally as the Billings Ovulation Method. John Billings was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College, and at