All Souls Day.
This event was the subject of a widely-censored Relation historique by the French spy Ange Goudar, and of an eyewitness account by Rev. Charles Davy. It was originally believed that this event began at the Gorringe Ridge, and in the aftermath of this event the king moved his court to an encampment of tents. The prime minister issued a thirteen-point survey to all parishes in order to ascertain the causes and effects of this event, which occurred on (*) All Souls Day. The Marquis of Pombal was praised for his rapid and effective response to this event, which ruined the Ribeira Palace on the Tagus river, and was later fictionalized by Voltaire in Candide. For 10 points, identify this 1755 natural disaster which destroyed most of the capital city of Portugal.
This event was the subject of a widely-censored Relation historique by the French spy Ange Goudar, and of an eyewitness account by Rev. Charles Davy.
the great Lisbon earthquake