AD 1500-1600

Key: G=Geological phenomenon M=Meteorological A=Astronomical

Key	Year A.D.	Month	Day	Location	Phenomenon	Description
M	1502	July	1	Santo Domingo	Hurricane	Bobadilla's fleet sunk
M	1502	December	13 (c)	Near Panama	Waterspout	Spout passed between 2 of Columbus ' ships
A	1504			China	Meteorite	'Large star' fell with noise like thunder
A	1504	February	29	Jamaica	Lunar eclipse	Columbus predicts eclipse to overawe natives
G	1505			Afghanistan	Earthquake	Great earth disturbances
M	1506			Pouille	Ball lightning?	3 'suns' at night amid clouds & lightning Doubtful date
M	1506	January	13	England, France	Cold	Sea froze at Marseilles , Thames frozen
G	1507			Santorini	Earthquake	Part of island sank into sea
M	1508 (before)			Milan , Italy	Tornado	Da Vinci observes vortex
M	1508	August	3	Santo Domingo	Hurricane	Most houses destroyed, 20 ships lost
G	1508	September	9	Britain	Earthquake	In England & Scotland
M	1509	July	29	Santo Domingo	Hurricane	City destroyed
G	1509	September	14	Turkey	Earthquake	Sea invaded Constantinople . Many towns ruined
M	1509	September	26	Holland	Sea flood	Storm flood. Much loss of life
G	1510	June	10	Bavaria	Earthquake	Nordlingen. 2,000 k.
G	1510	July	25	Hekla , Iceland	Volcano	Stones flung 40 km. Lava k. several.
A	1511	September	4	Cremona , Italy	Meteorites	Many stones fell; man & animals k. One stone 100 lbs.
G	1513			Bellizone, Alps	Earthquake	Mountain fell & diverted River Brennio
M	1513	July	21	England	Heat	'Hot Wednesday'. Several k. by heat
G	1513	September	30	Switzerland	Landslide, flood	Fall dammed R. Brenno; lake burst May 1515. 600 k.
M	1514	January		London	Cold	Thames frozen
M	1515	July	19	Central Europe	Rain floods	*6 weeks of rain* Extensive floods
A	1516			Abdus R., China	Meteorites	*1,200 stones fell* Some of 120 lbs.
M	1517	January	12	England	Severe winter	*Great frost began.* Thames frozen
M	1517	January	15	Valence , France	Snow	*3 feet of snow in streets*
G	1517	June	26	Bavaria	Earthquake	*Produced great ruins*
M	1518	March	23	Béziers , France	Snow	*6 inches of snow*
M	1520			Erdfut	Tornado?	*Rotating 'burning beam', much damage*
A	1520	May	26	Oliva-Gandia , Spain	Meteorit e	*2 stones fell*
M	1522			Florence , Italy	Fall	*'Manna' fell everywhere in hot summer*
M	1523	March	13	Holland	Thunderstorm	Hens' egg sized hail, violent winds
M	1523	November		England	Cold winter	Frostbite; deaths by cold
G	1527			Guatemala	Volcano	Volcan de Aqua destroyed city
M	1527	April	12	England	Rain	*Every day till June 3*
M	1528	July		France	Rain	*Corn & vines destroyed*
A	1529	February	5	China	Comet	*Extended across sky*
M	1530	February		Switzerland	Mild winter	No snow, St. Gallen, flowers in Feb.
A	1530	April	13	Damascus	Sunspots?	'Two eyes & brows' on Sun
G	1530	September	1	Venezuela	Earthquake	Fort & many houses fell, clefts opened
M	1530	October	8	Rome	Flood	*12,000 drowned, 600 houses lost*
M	1530	November	4	Holland	Sea flood	*400,000 drowned*
G	1531	January	26	Lisbon , Portugal	Earthquake	*Many buildings fell, sea agitated*
A	1531	August	24	China , Europe	Halley's Comet	Perihelion, reddish tail
M	1532	November	2	North Sea	Sea flood	Denmark to Flanders
G	1532			Ecuador	Volcano	*Cotopaxi* *erupts*
G	1533			Ecuador	Volcano	Cotopaxi flung 200 ton stone 10 miles
M	1535	April	21	Sweden	Halo complex	*22° halo, arcs, parhelia*
G	1536	March	23	Mt. Etna , Sicily	Volcano	*Great eruption*
M	1537	January	6	Florence , Italy	Aurora ?	*Beam of fire at night*