'Een Schrickelyk Tempeest': the Utrecht Tempest of August 1st, 1674

Elka Schrijver recounts how tornados frequently changed the course of history for the province and town of Utrecht.

Elka Schrijver | Published in History Today Volume 25 Issue 4 April 1975

The Dom in Utrecht after the storm of 1674, Abraham Rademaker (1727 - 1733). Rijksmuseum.

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