Samuel Pepys
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Samuel Pepys lived more than 300 years ago and was famous for his diary. In it, Samuel Pepys wrote about London, his home, his friends, himself, and about very important events.
The great plague and the fire of London were two of the things he recorded in his diary.
Samuel Pepys was born in 1633, and as a young man, he experienced the civil war in England.
Samuel Pepys died in 1703.
Vocabulary
civil war – Bürgerkrieg
diary - Tagebuch
events – Ereignisse
experienced – (experience/experienced/experience) - erleben
famous - berühmt
important - wichtig
plague - Pest
recorded – (record/recorded/recorded) aufgezeichnet
Questions
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