Historedia
Person

Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1889

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Philippe Bunau-Varilla, 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. Yellow fever and disease halt the French Panama Canal effort

    1889

    Role: Engineer and driving force

    1. 1889 · Panama (construction halt and deaths); Paris, France (winding-up order)Bankruptcy and Liquidation

      The French canal effort went bankrupt in 1889 amid high worker mortality and lost investor confidence; a Paris court ordered the company wound up on 4 February 1889.

Sources

  1. Panama Canal Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07