his name was Sennacherib
That was Sennacherib.
the king who led the the attack on rome and ordered the treasury to be looted and burned was
ordered that all books be burned
James and Dolley Madison were the White House residents when the British burned it.
Hernán Cortés ordered the boats burned in 1519, after they landed in Mexico.
Alaric
Ordered the local population out and burned down all buildings of military importance.
General Ross of the British Army ordered the White House burned in 1814, as the US and Great Britain were engaged in the War of 1812 at that time.
(I am rephrasing your question as "Who ordered that Paris, France (known as 'the city of light'), be burned?". Hopefully this is what you are looking for, feel free to clarify on the discussion page if not.) During the late stages of World War II, in 1944, Hitler famously ordered that Paris be burned as the Germans withdrew. His generals disobeyed this order, and Paris was spared. This is depicted in the 1966 movie "Is Paris Burning?"
He didn't do anything honorable for him. He was a christian and did not accept the statue of Zeus. He ordered it to be burned down.
Pro-English Bishop of Beauvais, Pierre Cauchon, ordered her to be burned at the stake as a heretic.
She was given a mock trial where she was refused a defense. Of course, they found her guilty and ordered her to be burned at the stake.