Article Nº 2190 Natural or public disaster Vol. II · p. 599

Madeira (public calamities)

Original title: Madeira (Calamidades Públicas)

Natural or public disaster

Umbrella entry listing the articles that describe the greatest calamities to have struck the Madeira archipelago, such as floods, epidemics, famine and the Huguenot sack.

The following articles give a brief account of the greatest calamities to have afflicted this archipelago: Floods, Cholera, Epidemics, Phylloxera, Famine, Plague, Huguenot Sack, Earthquake of 1748.

Chronology

31 March 1748–1 April 1748 On the night of 31 March to 1 April 1748 a violent earthquake struck Madeira, causing few deaths but heavy damage to buildings, including the cathedral, the bishops' palace, the customs house, the Monte church, the Mosteiro Novo house and numerous chapels and parish churches.

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