Lisbon earthquake
1755 · Event
A quake, tsunami and fire destroy Lisbon and kill tens of thousands, shaking Enlightenment faith in a benevolent order.
On these timelines: Master, The Enlightenment
Around 1755
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- American Revolution (1765)
- Haitian Revolution (1791)
- Jacobite rising of 1745 (1745)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)