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1770-Jun.-03

1770-Jun.-03: A devastating earthquake levels Port-au-Prince.

1770-Jun.-03: A devastating earthquake levels Port-au-Prince. This catastrophic event destroyed much of the city and killed thousands in the surrounding plain.

Source Girard, Haiti: The Tumultuous History, 36; Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 36; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 23