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*
M	1537	August	15	Austria , Italy	Hail	*28 lb. stones, Bologna* , *men k., Austria*
G	1538			Naples , Italy	Ground uplift	Village of Pozzuoli rose 22 ft. in 48 hrs.
A	1538	January	9	China , Europe	Comet	Tail 45° long
G	1538	September	29	Italy	Volcano	*Monte Nuovo formed & was 440 ft. high in 8 days*
M	1540			Central Europe	Warm year	*Sunniest for 500 years, glaciers melted*
M	1540			England	Hot summer	Great heat & drought, agues k. many
M	1540	March	23	S. France	Cold	*Vines frozen*
M	1540?	April	28	Limousin , France	Meteorites?	*Stone size of barrel fell in hailstorm, 2 ells into ground*
A	1540	November	26		Lunar event	'Star' on dark part of Moon 2 nights; 'flames' on 2^nd night
M	1541			England	Drought	Rivers dried up,cattle died of thirst. Dysentery k. 1,000s
G	1542	December	12	Sicily	Earthquake	Several towns ruined
G	1543			Venezuela	Earthquake	*Cumana* *destroyed*
M	1543	April	20	Mississippi	Flood	*River 40 leagues wide*
M	1545			Lyons	Hail	Men & beasts k. Stones larger than lemons
M	1545	June	25	England	Hail	*Fist-sized stones, Lancs.*
G	1545	September	6	Europe	Earthquake	*Throughout Europe*
G	1546			Palestine	Earthquake	*With seismic sea wave*
A	1547	April	23	Europe	Obscuration	*Red Sun for 2 days & stars appeared at noon*
A	1548	November	6	Thuringia	Bolide	*Detonating meteor.* Clotted blood fell
G	1550			Italy	Earthquake	*Ariano swallowed up*
M	1551	January	3	Lisbon , Portugal	Aurora	*'Red rods' in the air*
A	1552	May	19	Saxony	Meteorite	*Stone-fall*
G	1554	March	21	Belgium	Earthquake	Subterranean noise. More shocks in April
G	1554	May		Iceland	Volcano	*Lava flow from fissure nr. Hekla*
M	1554	May	5	Korea	Aurora	*Fire like vapour in S.*
G	1555			Yugoslavia	Earthquake	*Skopje* *wrecked*
M	1556			England	Ball lightning	*8 k. by 'fiery sulphureous globe' indoors*
G	1556	January	23	China	Earthquake	*830,000 k. Loess cave houses collapsed*
G	1556	January	24	E. Europe	Earthquake	*26 towns ruined*
M	1556	September	23	Malta	Waterspout	*War fleet sunk & 600 drowned.* Uncertain date
M	1558	July	7	England	Tornado	*7 k. at Nottingham*
A	1559			Hungary	Meteorites	*5 pieces of iron the size of a human head fell* Miskolcz
M	1560	January	30	England	Aurora	'Burning spears'
M	1560	June	2	France	Coloured rain	*Red rain at Louvaine.* Also Embden
A	1560	December	24	Lillebourne	Meteor?	*Set fire to magazine*
M	1560	December	27	Germany	Aurora	*Great brilliancy*
M	1561	April	14	Germany	Halo complex?	*Globes, crosses & tubes near Sun,* Nuremburg
A	1561	May	17	Torgau , Prussia	Meteorites	*3 stones fell.* Weight 39 lbs.
M	1563	January	4	England	Tornado	*Houses fell at Leicester*
M	1563	December		Bergen , Norway	Aurora	*Auroral sounds reported*
G	1564	July		France	Earthquake	*7 villages destroyed, Nice & Provence*
A	1564	October	7	England	Aurora	*'Flames of fire' in N.*
G	1565			Guatimala	Earthquake	Volcano Paraya erupted
M	1566	August		Basel , Switzerland	Anomalous phen.	*Dark spheres around the Sun.* Turned red & went out.
A	1567	April	9	Rome	Solar eclipse	*Circle of light round Sun*
M	1569	October	30	Notts. , England	Tornado	*60 yards wide, lasted 7 mins.* Destroyed all in its path
G	1570			St.Jago , Chile	Earthquake	*Sea retreated, great landslips*
M	1570	January	12	Bohemia	Aurora	*Torches & pillars*
M	1570	November	1	North Sea coast	Sea flood	*4000,000 drowned*
G	1572	January	6	Prussia	Earthquake	*With ' fall of aerolites'*
M	1572	November	1	England	Cold winter	*Deep snows & freezing rains to Jan. 6*
A	1572	November	11	Europe	Supernova	*Cassiopeia; equals Venus.* Tycho's Star
M	1573	February	2	Switzerland	Cold	*Lake* *Constance* *frozen* for 60 days
M	1574	October	1	Holland	Sea flood	*20,000 Spanish troops k.*
M	1574	November	14	London	Aurora	*'Burning clouds' N. to S for 2 nights*
M	1575	February	13	Brabant	Aurora	Spears & armies in the air. Again Sept. 25
M	1575	November		Europe	Cold winter	*Rhine* *frozen, great snow till April*
G	1575	December	6	Valdivia , Chile	Earthquake	*& seismic sea wave*
M	1577	March	17	Yorks. , England	Tornado	*Buildings overthrown*
M	1577	August	4	England	Tornado?	*'Black dog' entered Suffolk* *churches*
A	1577	November	8	China , Europe	Comet	*Nucleus bright as Moon, tail over 60° long*
G	1577	November	30	Mexico	Earthquake	'Very remarkable earthquake'
M	1578			Bergen , Norway	Fall	*Yellow mice fell*
M	1578	February	4	England	Snow	*People & cattle lost.* Snow to Feb. 8
A	1578	February	22	Korea	Comet	*Stretched across heavens*
A	1578	November		China	Comet	*Tail 90° long*
G	1580			Azores	Volcano	*Sao Jorge erupts.* Nuee ardentes
G	1580	April	6	England	Earthquake	*2k. in London* . Also France , etc.
G	1580	May	1	Europe	Earthquake	Holland , Germany , England 'Very considerable'
A	1580	May	27	Nörten , Germany	Meteorite	Shower of stones
A	1580	October	1	China, Europe	Comet	*Tail stretched across Milky Way*
A	1581	July	26	Thuringia	Meteorite	*39 lb. stone fell*
M	1581	August	27	Lithuania	Aurora	*Pillars & crosses in sky*
G	1582			Peru	Earthquake	Arequipa ruined
A	1582	May	13	Japan	Comet	*Tail over 100° long*
M	1582	August	12	Norfolk , England	Tornado	*Tempest of lightning & whirlwind. H*ouses destroyed
A	1582	September		China	Comet	*Blue; stretched over sky*
A	1583	January	9	Italy	Meteorite	*33 lb. stone fell* at Castrovillari
G	1584			Switzerland	Landslide	*300 k.*
G	1584	March	1	Switzerland	Earthquake	Also Italy . Lake Geneva much agitated
M	1584	July	24	England	Lightning	*Many men & cattle k.*
G	1586			Guatimala	Earthquake	*City ruined. Fuego volcano erupted*
G	1586	July	9	Peru	Earthquake	*Sea wave flooded land*
G	1586	September		Japan	Earthquake	*With seismic sea wave. Great earth clefts*
M	1586	October	8	England	Gale	*Houses & trees destroyed*
A	1586	December	6	Germany	Bolide	*Black & red dust fell at Verdun*
A	1587	March	5	England	Lunar event?	*'Star' in body of Moon*
M	1587	July	2	Germany	Tornado	*Funnel cloud seen in thunderstorm.* 1^st tornado picture
M	1587	September		Holland	Floods	*Holland* *'under water'.* Plague & famine
A	1587	October		Korea	Comet	*Tail 60° long*
G	1588	March	25	France	Earthquake	*Yellow 'smoke' for hours*
G	1590	September	15	Austria	Earthquake	*Vienna* , *Prague* *damaged*
A	1590	December	7	West Africa	Sunspot	*'Great black spot' on Sun.* Seen at sea
G	1591	July	26	Azores	Earthquake	*Land & sea disturbances*
M	1592			Austria	Cold winter	*Wolves entered Vienna* *& attacked men & beasts*
A	1594	March	1	Italy	Meteorites	*Shower of stones fell* at Crelvacore
M	1594	March	30	England	Gales	*1,000s of trees fell*
M	1594			Europe	Cold winter	*Lagoons of Venice* *froze.* Thaw Feb. 1595
G	1595	March	12	Colombia	Volcano	*Mudflows after eruption k. 636,* Nevado del Ruiz
G	1595	June	25	France	River burst	*Ice fall blocked R. Dranse; dam burst k.140*
G	1596	July	22	Japan	Earthquake	*Sea rose; rain of ashes.* Towns ruined
M	1596	December		England	Ball lightning?	*Dark, football-sized 'thing' exploded* in Wells church
G	1597	January	3	Hekla , Iceland	Volcano	*18 craters on fissure*
A	1598	March	7	Hungary	Solar eclipse	*Ring of light round Moon*

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