St. Felix's flood devastates Zeeland

Quand

5 nov. 1530

Type

Inondation

Coordonnées

51.50° N, 4.05° E

Description

St. Felix's flood devastates Zeeland: a large part of the Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal is lost leading to decline of the city of Reimerswaal.

Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, St. Felix's flood.

St. Felix's flood devastates Zeeland: a large part of the Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal is lost leading to decline of the city of Reimerswaal

1530 flood in the Netherlands

The St. Felix's flood happened on Saturday, 5 November 1530, the name day of St. Felix. This day was later known as Evil Saturday (kwade zaterdag). Large parts of Flanders and Zeeland were washed away, including the Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal. According to Audrey M. Lambert, "all the Oost Wetering of Zuid-Beveland was lost, save only the town of Reimerswaal."

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Bei der Sankt-Felix-Flut an der Niederländischen Nordseeküste im Westerschelde-Stromgebiet kommen mehr als 100.000 Menschen ums Leben »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « inondation de la Saint-Félix aux Pays-Bas »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « en Países Bajos, la Inundación de San Félix («Sábado maléfico») deja un saldo de 100 000 muertos »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source