Don Vincente Jose Nuñez

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1788–1794

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Don Vincente Jose Nuñez, 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. Great New Orleans Fire

   1788–1794

   Role: new_person_candidate: Army Treasurer whose home was the fire's point of origin

   1. 1March 21, 1788 · 619 Chartres Street, corner of WilkinsonOutbreak at the Nuñez Residence

      The Good Friday fire began about 1:30 p.m. at Army Treasurer Don Vincente Jose Nuñez's home on Chartres Street, near the Plaza de Armas.

   2. 2March 21, 1788 · south central Vieux CarréDestruction Across the Vieux Carré

      The fire destroyed 856 of New Orleans's 1,100 structures—77.8% of buildings—spanning the south central Vieux Carré from Burgundy to Chartres Street.

   3. 3December 8, 1794 · New OrleansRebuilding and the 1794 Fire

      After six years of rebuilding, a second citywide fire on December 8, 1794, destroyed an additional 212 buildings in New Orleans.

Sources

1. Great New Orleans Fire (1788) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-06