Lisbon 1755, huge natural disaster November 1st on the morning of the feast of all saints day where at the height of their trading and colonialism an earthquake causes massive death and destruction, and as people fled to the ocean beach to escape the fires and collapsing buildings a massive tsunami wipes out a bunch more people, estimates at 30-50 thousand people when the city population was estimated at 200 thousand. It’s considered by many the event that kicked off earthquake science seismology and had major impacts on modern atheism and the enlightenment movement. If people aren’t going to read Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke then at least make a show to expose a broader audience to their ideas.
Lisbon 1755, huge natural disaster November 1st on the morning of the feast of all saints day where at the height of their trading and colonialism an earthquake causes massive death and destruction, and as people fled to the ocean beach to escape the fires and collapsing buildings a massive tsunami wipes out a bunch more people, estimates at 30-50 thousand people when the city population was estimated at 200 thousand. It’s considered by many the event that kicked off earthquake science seismology and had major impacts on modern atheism and the enlightenment movement. If people aren’t going to read Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke then at least make a show to expose a broader audience to their ideas.