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Christmas flood of 1717[edit]

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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
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Unknown, Date 1719
  • Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 12:00, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good enough, just 2 years after the flood. Brandmeistertalk 09:57, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 17:53, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as creator --Michael Gäbler (talk) 00:11, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Brand but I dont find a problem with the EV. Spongie555 (talk) 04:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Excellent photo. I dont see any problem with it. It's good Mediran talk|contribs 02:10, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

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