Fire
- University of Copenhagen Library (Copenhagen) – October 1728
- Cotton Library (Huntingdon, England UK) – 23 October 1731
- Library of Congress (Washington, D.C. USA) – 25 August 1814
- Birmingham Central Library (Birmingham, England) – 1879
- University of Virginia Library (Charlottesville, Virginia USA) – 27 October 1895
- New York State Library (Albany, New York USA) – 29 March 1911
- British Library (London, England UK) – World War II
- Jewish Theological Seminary library fire (New York City) – April 18, 1966
- Charles A. Halbert Public Library – 1982
- Dalhousie University Law Library (Halifax, Nova Scotia) – August 1985
- Los Angeles Central Library (Los Angeles, California USA) – 29 April and 3 September 1986
- Academy of Sciences Library (Leningrad, USSR) – 14 April 1988
- Iraq National Library (Baghdad, Iraq) – 15 April 2003
- Duchess Anna Amalia Library (Weimar, Germany) – 2 September 2004
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