this event, a syphilitic, one-eyed character who survived it is apparently hanged during an auto-da-fé on the orders of the grand inquisitor.
A poem about this event asks "can you then impute a sinful deed to babes who on their mothers' bosoms bleed?" and states "one day everything will be well, that is our hope." This event inspires the killing of two men who refused to eat bacon and a Biscayan who had married his godmother. During this event, a man claims that a bay was created so that an Anabaptist could drown in it. A0er this event, a syphilitic, one-eyed character who survived it is apparently hanged during an auto-da-fé on the orders of the grand inquisitor. This historical event leads the protagonist of a novella to question the idea that "this is the best of all possible worlds," a theory of his tutor, Pangloss. For 10 points, name this disaster depicted in Candide that severely damaged an Iberian city.
A poem about this event asks "can you then impute a sinful deed to babes who on their mothers' bosoms bleed?" and states "one day everything will be well, that is our hope.
1755 Lisbon earthquake [or the Lisbon disaster; prompt on "earthquake (in Candide)"]