1775 lisbon earthquake

Lisbon 1775, the earthquake and Voltaire. Saturday 1th of November 1755, Lisbon (population 235000) is shaken by three very violent quakes and several tidal waves. The beautiful capital of Portugal, head of an immense...


the earthquake of 1775.


the 1775 Lisbon Earthquake


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Earthquake…Lisbon 1775


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1755 Lisbon earthquake

After the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 destroyed their Portuguese property and the East India Company collapsed, draining the family's resources, the American property was all the Salvadors had left. In 1773, Francis Salvador...
BENADOR: Today in 1775 - Goodwill Ambassador Eliana Batsheva ...

The Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1775, was a wakeup call for the earthquake scientists and it basically stimulated the developments of the modern seismology. This occurred on All Saint's Day, when most of the 250000...
1775 lisbon earthquake