Worst Day To Be There: Would You Have Survived the Lisbon Earthquake?

It's All Saints' Day, 1755, and you're kneeling in a packed church in Lisbon when the chandeliers start to swing. Over one morning your city will be hit three times: first the ground, then the sea, then fire. Every escape route has a trap. Where would you have run? CHAPTERS 0:00 The chandeliers swing 0:26 Lisbon, November 1, 1755 1:49 The earthquake begins 4:03 Everyone runs to the river 4:53 The marble quay 5:38 The sea pulls back 6:09 The wave 7:12 The fires 9:20 Pombal rebuilds Lisbon 10:47 Voltaire, Kant and a new science SOURCES 1755 Lisbon earthquake, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Li... Lisbon earthquake of 1755, Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/event/Lisb... Rev. Charles Davy: The Earthquake at Lisbon, 1755, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Fordham University: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1... Benchmarks: November 1, 1755: Earthquake destroys Lisbon, EARTH Magazine: https://www.earthmagazine.org/article... Earthquake takes heavy toll on Lisbon, HISTORY.com: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-h... 'This Gulf of Fire' examines the Lisbon earthquake, NPR interview with Mark Molesky: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/45405... Magnitude of Great Lisbon Earthquake May Have Been Lower than Previous Estimates, ENN: https://enn.com/articles/61514-magnit... This video uses an AI-generated narrator voice and original 2D animation. The 'you' character is fictional; all events, dates and figures are sourced above.