10 (November 26–29 O.S.) – The Great Storm of 1703

When

7 Dec 1703

Kind

Event

Coordinates

51.00° N, 1.00° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Great storm of 1703.

10 (November 26–29 O.S.) – The Great Storm of 1703, an extratropical cyclone, ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing at least 8,000, mostly at sea. The Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth is destroyed in the storm together with its designer Henry Winstanley and many buildings on land are damaged.

• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Über die Britischen Inseln fegt der schwerste Sturm, über den dort je berichtet worden ist”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “7-8 décembre (26-27 novembre du calendrier julien) : grosse tempête d'une dizaine de jours dans le Sud de l'Angleterre et en Manche provoquant de gros dégâts…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “начало декабря — Великий шторм разорил южную Англию и Ла-Манш, убивая тысячи прибрежных жителей”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page