London Gazette description of Great Fire of London
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This document dates to, hold ur breaths [but not long enough to suffocate and die :)], 1666 :).

When in india Shahjahan was still alive, and Aurangzeb was busy solidifying his hold on power, when Delhi had just (few years back) added Laal Qila and Jama Masjid to its skyline (and landline :)), and Agra the Taj, the brits had a newspaper ** :).

** having been first published on 7 November 1665. - from Wikipedia, this too.