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10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record

10th October 2023
Tagged as: American Revolution, Americas, Caribbean, France, Hurricane, Royal Navy, Storm, Weather

At around 6am on 10 October the hurricane made landfall at Barbados in the Lesser Antilles, where it unleashed its full fury as it moved through the islands.

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14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea

14th December 2021
Tagged as: Amsterdam, Flood, Medieval, Natural Disaster, Netherlands, North Sea, Storm

In the medieval period the Netherlands, whose name literally means ‘lower countries’, consisted of large areas of boggy land around the winding estuaries of three of the largest rivers in Europe.

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10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record

14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

1st December 1919: Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons

30th November 1803: Balmis Expedition sets sail to vaccinate inhabitants of Spanish colonies against smallpox

29th November 1929: Richard E. Byrd completes the first flight over the South Pole

28th November 1925: The Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio show in the USA, broadcast for the first time

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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