Everything about Delft Explosion totally explained
The Delft Explosion occurred on
October 12 1654 when a
gunpowder store exploded destroying much of the city of
Delft in the
Netherlands. Over a hundred people were killed and thousands wounded.
About 40
tonnes of gunpowder were stored in
barrels in a
magazine in a former
Clarissen convent in the Doelenkwartier district. Cornelis Soetens, the keeper of the magazine, opened the store to check a sample of the powder and a huge explosion followed. Luckily, many citizens were away, visiting a
market in
Schiedam or a
fair in
the Hague.
Artist
Carel Fabritius was wounded in the explosion and died of his injuries.
Egbert van der Poel painted several pictures of Delft after the explosion showing the devastation.
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