Earthquake at Cape Haytien, Santo Domingo, which destroyed nearly two-thirds of the town; between 4,000 and 5,000 lives were lost.
“Since the fall, God will not trust us with our own salvation, but it is both purchased and kept by Christ for us, and we for it through faith, wrought by the power of God.”
–Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax