John Evelyn I, Oliver Cromwell's rise and eventual natural death, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. Evelyn's posthumously "rival" diarist, Samuel Pepys, wrote a different kind of diary, covering a much shorter period, 1660–1669, but in much greater depth, within the same era. Over the years, Evelyn's Diary has been overshadowed by Pepys's chronicles of 17th-century life. Born into a family whose wealth was largely founded on gunpowder production, John Evelyn was born in Wotton, Surrey and grew up in Lewes, Sussex. While living in Lewes, in Southover Grange, he was educated at Lewes
2013 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries in a match that had 30 doubles faults combined 18 from the Czech and 12 from the Brit. Other seeds that fell were 17th seed Lucie Šafářová, 21st seed Varvara Lepchenko, and 26th seed Hsieh Su-wei all falling in straight sets. In Men's Singles, day five play began with the defending champion and top seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic who was tested by Czech Radek Štěpánek in three sets. His fellow Serb and 8th seed Janko Tipsarević was pushed by Frenchman Julien Benneteau but won in 5 sets. 16th seed Kei Nishikori cruised pass Evgeny Donskoy after a sluggish start winning