The events of 1917
Six apparitions on the 13th of each month from May to October 1917, plus everything else witnesses reported that year. Pick a date to read every account of it.
13 May 1917
First apparition. Three shepherd children alone at the Cova da Iria.
65 passages · 34 first-hand
63 saw something
13 June 1917
Second apparition. A few dozen onlookers.
59 passages · 42 first-hand
56 saw something · 1 saw nothing
13 July 1917
Third apparition. Thousands present; the "secret".
82 passages · 44 first-hand
67 saw something · 9 partly · 1 saw nothing
13 August 1917
The seers are abducted by the Ourém administrator; the crowd waits without them. Apparition at Valinhos on the 19th.
88 passages · 53 first-hand
67 saw something · 6 partly · 3 saw nothing
13 September 1917
Fifth apparition. Tens of thousands; reports of a luminous globe and falling "flowers".
79 passages · 49 first-hand
64 saw something · 7 partly · 2 saw nothing
13 October 1917
The "miracle of the sun", before a crowd of perhaps 50,000–70,000 in heavy rain.
239 passages · 145 first-hand
207 saw something · 12 partly · 4 saw nothing
Other 1917 events
Sightings on other days, distant observers, the felling of the holm oak, visits to the seers.
67 passages · 48 first-hand
38 saw something · 6 partly · 2 saw nothing