Historedia
Group or institution

City of Brescia

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1769

Every event in Historedia whose sources name City of Brescia, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Brescia Explosion

    1769

    Role: affected municipality whose population suffered the casualties and urban destruction

    1. 1769 · Bastion of San Nazaro, BresciaLightning strike ignites the San Nazaro powder magazine

      Lightning struck the Bastion of San Nazaro in 1769, igniting 90,000 kg of gunpowder; the explosion destroyed one-sixth of Brescia and killed 3,000 people.

Sources

  1. Brescia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18