Enlightenment · South Asia · Exploration
1737
Calcutta Cyclone of 1737
October 11, 1737
A catastrophic cyclone and storm surge from the Bay of Bengal struck the Hooghly River, drowning tens of thousands in the densely populated delta. English East India Company ships were hurled inland. Calcutta would rebuild. But the scale of death reminded Europeans that India was a continent under other skies.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.