User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-24179671-20141016110123/@comment-13471981-20141016111150

A quick Wikipedia search leads me to believe Shay will visit Lisbon during the 1755 earthquake that took place on the 1st of November and destroyed nearly the entire city.