The events of 1917
The six monthly apparitions, May to October 1917, and everything else witnesses reported that year.
13 May 1917
First apparition. Three shepherd children alone at the Cova da Iria.
63 passages · 35 first-hand
13 June 1917
Second apparition. A few dozen onlookers.
57 passages · 41 first-hand
13 July 1917
Third apparition. Thousands present; the “secret”.
79 passages · 45 first-hand
13 August 1917
The seers are abducted by the Ourém administrator; the crowd waits without them. Apparition at Valinhos on the 19th.
90 passages · 53 first-hand
13 September 1917
Fifth apparition. Tens of thousands; reports of a luminous globe and falling “flowers”.
76 passages · 47 first-hand
13 October 1917
The “miracle of the sun”, before a crowd of perhaps 50,000–70,000 in heavy rain.
241 passages · 144 first-hand
Other 1917 events
Sightings on other days, distant observers, the felling of the holm oak, visits to the seers.
65 passages · 46 first-hand