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Christmas flood of 1717

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Original – Copper engraving describing the Christmas flood of 1717, the result of a northwesterly storm, which hit the coast area of the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia on Christmas night of 1717. In total, approximately 14,000 people drowned.

Reason

High EV and good scan

Articles in which this image appears

Christmas flood of 1717

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others

Creator

Unknown, Date 1719

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 12:00, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support Good enough, just 2 years after the flood. Brandmeister^talk 09:57, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
• Weak Support. Excellent scan, that is for sure. EV for the article itself is good, but the article is short, so EV for the encyclopedia itself is small, but it is there. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 17:53, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support as creator --Michael Gäbler (talk) 00:11, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support per Brand but I dont find a problem with the EV. Spongie555 (talk) 04:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support Excellent photo. I dont see any problem with it. It's good Mediran ^{talk|contribs} 02:10, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Promoted File:Christmas flood 1717.jpg - Spongie555 (talk) 05:25, 2 September 2012 (UTC)