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oct 15, 1768 - A powerful hurricane sweeps across Cuba during the Festival of Santa Teresa, killing hundreds of people

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Spain's King Carlos III begins a precedent of ordering the colonial government to fund disaster relief, a task previously left to the Catholic Church.

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oct 15, 1768
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~ 257 years ago