35. Lisbon
Nov 1 1755
All Saints Day
tsunami
36. Rev. Charles Davy
“Every parish church, convent, nunnery,
palace, and public edifice, with an infinite
number of private houses, were either
thrown down or so miserably shattered that
it was rendered dangerous to pass by
them.
The whole number of persons that
perished, including those who were burnt
or afterwards crushed to death whilst
digging in the ruins, is supposed, on the
lowest calculation, to amount to more than
sixty thousand;”
87. “The Year without a Summer”
1816
“Darkness” (Lord Byron)
“I had a dream, which was not all a
dream.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the
stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the
moonless air;
Morn came and went--and came, and
brought no day”