|
Type |
Year |
Month |
Day |
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
|
G |
1 |
|
|
Mediterranean? |
Earthquake |
Great earthquake, 'whole world' |
|
M |
4 |
|
|
London |
Coloured rain |
Blood-rain for 5 hours |
|
M |
7 |
|
|
River Thames |
Flood |
Many casualties |
|
M |
14 |
|
|
River Severn |
Flood |
Great damage |
|
A |
14 |
September |
26-27 |
Pannonia |
Lunar eclipse |
Drusus used eclipse to quell mutiny of legions |
|
M |
15 |
|
|
North Sea coast |
Gale & sea flood. Many Roman soldiers drowned in N'ly gale |
|
|
M |
16 |
July (c.) |
|
North Sea |
Gales |
Roman fleet scattered, many ships lost |
|
G |
17 |
|
|
Asia Minor |
Earthquake |
12 cities wrecked |
|
M |
33 |
|
|
Jerusalem |
Day darkness |
At the Crucifixion: not solar eclipse |
|
G |
33 |
|
|
Bithynia |
Earthquake |
30,000 k. in Nicaea, at the Crucifixion |
|
A |
36 |
August |
|
China |
Meteor shower |
In morning |
|
A |
39 |
March |
13 |
China |
Comet |
Tail 30 cubits long, 'spread like tree' |
|
M |
40 |
|
|
England |
Storms |
Rain, hail & 'strange lightning' ruined corn |
|
M |
48 |
|
|
England |
Flood |
Thames flood; '10,000 drowned' |
|
M |
50 (c.) |
November |
|
England |
Severe winter |
All rivers & lakes froze from Nov. to April |
|
G |
58 |
|
|
Germany |
Geological phen. |
Flames shot up from the ground nr. Cologne |
|
M |
60 |
|
|
France, Britain |
Sea floods |
Great storm floods |
|
G |
62 |
February |
5 |
Campania, Italy |
Earthquake |
Pompeii & Herculaneum ; much damage |
|
A |
65 |
June |
4 |
China |
Comet |
37 degrees long |
|
M |
66 |
|
|
Campania, Italy |
Tornado? |
Almost reached Rome. Houses destroyed |
|
A |
66 |
January |
25 |
China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion passage |
|
M |
67 |
|
|
England |
Gale? |
'Hurricane' killed many. 15,000 houses fell |
|
G |
68 |
|
|
England |
Island formed |
Isle of Wight separated from mainland |
|
M |
68-69 |
|
|
Britain |
Rain & droughts |
Famine lasted 2 years: many 1,000s died |
|
G |
79 |
August |
24 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
Volcano |
Pompeii & Herculaneum overwhelmed |
|
M |
80 |
|
|
Scotland |
Aurora |
'A burning fire' in the sky at night |
|
M |
89 |
|
|
England? |
Coloured rain |
Blood-rain for 3 days |
|
M |
96 |
|
|
Greece |
Solar obscuration |
Sun dimmed by a rainbow-like 'wreath' |
|
M |
96 |
September |
|
England |
Storm |
Ground flames, Cornwall;Essex sea flood |
|
A |
98 |
|
|
Rome |
Meteor |
A 'burning shield' in the sky at sunset |
|
A |
102 |
January |
7 |
China |
Comet |
Greenish-white, 30 cubits long |
|
M |
107 |
|
|
Britain |
Rain |
Heavy for 9 months, then famine |
|
G |
115 |
|
|
Syria |
Earthquake |
City of Antioch destroyed, 1,000s k, |
|
M |
130 |
|
|
Britain? |
Hail |
Stones 12 inches dia |
|
G |
132 |
|
|
Scotland |
Earthquake |
Men & cattle swallowed |
|
M |
134 |
|
|
England |
Severe winter |
Thames frozen 2 months |
|
M |
139 |
|
|
England |
Drought? |
Thames dried up 2 days. Cause N/S |
|
A |
141 |
March |
22 |
China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion passage. Seen in China |
|
M |
153 |
|
|
England |
Cold |
A three-month frost. Thames froze |
|
M |
173 |
|
|
England |
Cold |
A three-month frost |
|
A |
178 |
September |
|
China |
Comet |
Reddish comet 60 cubits long |
|
A |
185 |
December |
7 |
China |
Supernova? |
Star large as 'half a mat' in Centaurus |
|
G |
186 (c.) |
|
|
New Zealand |
Volcano |
Taupo erupted 30 cubic km.of matter |
|
A |
188 |
|
|
China |
Sunspot |
'A black vapour' in Sun. Large as a melon |
|
A |
192 |
October |
|
China |
Comet |
White comet 100 cubits long |
|
M |
194 |
|
|
Italy |
Aurora |
'The sky was on fire' at midnight |
|
M |
200 |
|
|
Sardinia |
Fall |
Rain of frogs. Ground covered |
|
G |
202 |
|
|
Vesuvius, Italy |
Volcano |
'Huge fire blazed up'. 'Bellowings' |
|
M |
214 |
|
|
England |
Flood |
River Trent overflowed 20 miles each side |
|
A |
218 |
April |
6 |
China & Rome |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion date. 'Fearful star' |
|
M |
220 |
|
|
England |
Severe winter |
Frost for five months |
|
M |
224 |
July |
|
England? |
Dark day |
A 'very dark day', Not an eclipse |
|
M |
230 (c.) |
|
|
London |
Aurorae? |
Armies fought in the sky. 'Imaginary' |
|
M |
230 |
|
|
England |
Severe winter |
Thames frozen 5 weeks. Year may be 250 |
|
M |
233 |
|
|
Scotland |
Rain |
Rain for 7 months. Famine followed |
|
M |
234 |
|
|
Canterbury |
Gale? |
Storm blew down 200 houses |
|
M |
245 |
|
|
Lincolnshire |
Sea flood |
1,000s of acres lost permanently to the sea |
|
MA |
249 |
|
|
England |
Coloured rain |
Blood rains in many places; 'bloody sword' after sunset |
|
M |
250 |
|
|
England |
Severe winter |
Thames frozen 9 weeks. Year 250 to 252 |
|
G |
252 |
|
|
Mt. Etna, Sicily |
Volcano |
9 day eruption, first for 200 years |
|
A |
252 |
March |
25 |
China |
Comet |
White comet 60 cubits long |
|
M |
253 |
|
|
London |
Gale |
900 houses blown down |
|
A |
253 |
December |
|
China |
Comet |
Tail 50 cubits long, visible 190 days |
|
G |
262 |
|
|
Rome, Asia Minor |
Earthquake |
Many cities inundated by sea |
|
M |
264 |
|
|
England? |
Hail |
Stones over 1 lb. |
|
M |
283 |
|
|
Persia |
Lightning |
Roman emperor M. Aurelis Carus killed |
|
A |
287 |
September |
|
China |
Comet |
Tail 100 cubits long |
|
M |
291 |
|
|
England |
Cold |
Most rivers froze 6 weeks |
|
A |
295 |
April |
7 |
China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion passage |
|
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