The Great Fire of 1805 occurred on , in the city of Detroit, in the

Michigan Territory The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit w ...

of the United States. The fire destroyed almost everything in the city. The motto of the city, ''Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus'' ('We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes'), was written after this fire.

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