Key: G=Geological phenomenon M=Meteorological A=Astronomical
| Key |
Year
A.D. |
Month |
|
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
|
M |
1502 |
July |
1 |
|
Hurricane |
Bobadilla's
fleet sunk |
|
M |
1502 |
December |
13 (c) |
Near |
Waterspout |
Spout
passed between 2 of |
| A |
1504 |
|
|
|
Meteorite |
'Large
star' fell with noise like thunder |
|
A |
1504 |
February |
29 |
|
Lunar eclipse |
|
|
G |
1505 |
|
|
|
Earthquake |
Great
earth disturbances |
|
M |
1506 |
|
|
Pouille |
Ball
lightning? |
3
'suns' at night amid clouds & lightning Doubtful date |
|
M |
1506 |
January |
13 |
|
Cold |
Sea
froze at |
| G |
1507 |
|
|
Santorini |
Earthquake |
Part of
island sank into sea |
|
M |
1508 (before) |
|
|
|
Tornado |
Da
Vinci observes vortex |
|
M |
1508 |
August |
3 |
|
Hurricane |
Most
houses destroyed,
20 ships lost |
|
G |
1508 |
September |
9 |
|
Earthquake |
In |
|
M |
1509 |
July |
29 |
|
Hurricane |
City
destroyed |
|
G |
1509 |
September |
14 |
|
Earthquake |
Sea
invaded |
|
M |
1509 |
September |
26 |
|
Sea
flood |
Storm
flood. Much
loss of life |
| G |
1510 |
June |
10 |
|
Earthquake |
Nordlingen.
2,000 k. |
|
G |
1510 |
July |
25 |
|
Volcano |
Stones
flung 40 km. Lava k. several. |
|
A |
1511 |
September |
4 |
|
Meteorites |
Many stones
fell; man & animals k. One stone 100 lbs. |
| G |
1513 |
|
|
Bellizone, |
Earthquake |
Mountain
fell & diverted River Brennio |
|
M |
1513 |
July |
21 |
|
Heat |
'Hot
Wednesday'. Several k. by heat |
|
G |
1513 |
September |
30 |
|
Landslide,
flood |
Fall dammed
R. Brenno; lake burst May 1515.
600 k. |
|
M |
1514 |
January |
|
|
Cold |
|
|
M |
1515 |
July |
19 |
|
Rain floods |
6 weeks
of rain Extensive floods |
|
A |
1516 |
|
|
Abdus R., |
Meteorites |
1,200
stones fell Some of 120 lbs. |
|
M |
1517 |
January |
12 |
|
Severe
winter |
Great
frost began. |
|
M |
1517 |
January |
15 |
|
Snow |
3 feet
of snow in streets |
|
G |
1517 |
June |
26 |
|
Earthquake |
Produced
great ruins |
|
M |
1518 |
March |
23 |
|
Snow |
6 inches
of snow |
|
M |
1520 |
|
|
Erdfut |
Tornado? |
Rotating
'burning beam', much damage |
|
A |
1520 |
May |
26 |
|
Meteorit e |
2 stones
fell |
|
M |
1522 |
|
|
|
Fall |
'Manna'
fell everywhere in hot summer |
|
M |
1523 |
March |
13 |
|
Thunderstorm |
Hens' egg
sized hail, violent winds |
|
M |
1523 |
November |
|
|
Cold winter |
Frostbite;
deaths by cold |
|
G |
1527 |
|
|
|
Volcano |
Volcan de Aqua destroyed city |
|
M |
1527 |
April |
12 |
|
Rain |
Every
day till June 3 |
|
M |
1528 |
July |
|
|
Rain |
Corn
& vines destroyed |
|
A |
1529 |
February |
5 |
|
Comet |
Extended
across sky |
|
M |
1530 |
February |
|
|
Mild winter |
No snow,
St. Gallen, flowers in Feb. |
| A |
1530 |
April |
13 |
|
Sunspots? |
'Two eyes
& brows' on Sun |
|
G |
1530 |
September |
1 |
|
Earthquake |
Fort &
many houses fell, clefts opened |
|
M |
1530 |
October |
8 |
|
Flood |
12,000
drowned, 600 houses lost |
|
M |
1530 |
November |
4 |
|
Sea flood |
400,000
drowned |
|
G |
1531 |
January |
26 |
|
Earthquake |
Many
buildings fell, sea agitated |
|
A |
1531 |
August |
24 |
|
Halley's
Comet |
Perihelion,
reddish tail |
|
M |
1532 |
November |
2 |
|
Sea flood |
|
|
G |
1532 |
|
|
|
Volcano |
|
| G |
1533 |
|
|
|
Volcano |
|
|
M |
1535 |
April |
21 |
|
Halo complex |
22°
halo, arcs, parhelia |
|
G |
1536 |
March |
23 |
|
Volcano |
Great
eruption |
|
M |
1537 |
January |
6 |
|
|
Beam of
fire at night |
|
M |
1537 |
August |
15 |
|
Hail |
28 lb.
stones, |
|
G |
1538 |
|
|
|
Ground
uplift |
|
|
A |
1538 |
January |
9 |
|
Comet |
Tail 45°
long |
|
G |
1538 |
September |
29 |
|
Volcano |
Monte
Nuovo formed & was 440 ft. high in 8 days |
|
M |
1540 |
|
|
|
Warm year |
Sunniest
for 500 years, glaciers melted |
|
M |
1540 |
|
|
|
Hot summer |
Great heat
& drought, agues k. many |
|
M |
1540 |
March |
23 |
|
Cold |
Vines
frozen |
|
M |
1540? |
April |
28 |
|
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 2nd night |
|
M |
1541 |
|
|
|
Drought |
Rivers
dried up,cattle died of thirst. Dysentery k. 1,000s |
|
G |
1542 |
December |
12 |
|
Earthquake |
Several
towns ruined |
|
G |
1543 |
|
|
|
Earthquake |
|
|
M |
1543 |
April |
20 |
|
Flood |
River 40
leagues wide |
| M |
1545 |
|
|
|
Hail |
Men &
beasts k. Stones larger than lemons |
|
M |
1545 |
June |
25 |
|
Hail |
Fist-sized
stones, Lancs. |
|
G |
1545 |
September |
6 |
|
Earthquake |
Throughout
|
|
G |
1546 |
|
|
|
Earthquake |
With
seismic sea wave |
|
A |
1547 |
April |
23 |
|
Obscuration |
Red Sun
for 2 days & stars appeared at |
|
A |
1548 |
November |
6 |
|
Bolide |
Detonating
meteor. Clotted blood fell |
|
G |
1550 |
|
|
|
Earthquake |
Ariano
swallowed up |
|
M |
1551 |
January |
3 |
|
|
'Red
rods' in the air |
|
A |
1552 |
May |
19 |
|
Meteorite |
Stone-fall |
| G | 1554 |
March |
21 |
|
Earthquake |
Subterranean
noise. More shocks in April |
|
G |
1554 |
May |
|
|
Volcano |
Lava
flow from fissure nr. |
|
M |
1554 |
May |
5 |
|
|
Fire
like vapour in S. |
|
G |
1555 |
|
|
|
Earthquake |
|
|
M |
1556 |
|
|
|
Ball
lightning |
8 k. by
'fiery sulphureous globe' indoors |
|
G |
1556 |
January |
23 |
|
Earthquake |
830,000
k. Loess cave houses collapsed |
|
G |
1556 |
January |
24 |
|
Earthquake |
26 towns
ruined |
|
M |
1556 |
September |
23 |
|
Waterspout |
War
fleet sunk & 600 drowned. Uncertain
date |
|
M |
1558 |
July |
7 |
|
Tornado |
7 k. at |
|
A |
1559 |
|
|
|
Meteorites |
5 pieces
of iron the size of a human head fell Miskolcz |
| M |
1560 |
January |
30 |
|
|
'Burning
spears' |
|
M |
1560 |
June |
2 |
|
Coloured
rain |
Red rain
at Louvaine. Also Embden |
|
A |
1560 |
December |
24 |
Lillebourne |
Meteor? |
Set fire
to magazine |
|
M |
1560 |
December |
27 |
|
|
Great
brilliancy |
|
M |
1561 |
April |
14 |
|
Halo
complex? |
Globes,
crosses & tubes near Sun, Nuremburg |
|
A |
1561 |
May |
17 |
|
Meteorites |
3 stones
fell. Weight 39 lbs. |
|
M |
1563 |
January |
4 |
|
Tornado |
Houses
fell at Leicester |
|
M |
1563 |
December |
|
|
|
Auroral
sounds reported |
|
G |
1564 |
July |
|
|
Earthquake |
7
villages destroyed, Nice & Provence |
|
A |
1564 |
October |
7 |
|
|
'Flames
of fire' in N. |
| G |
1565 |
|
|
Guatimala |
Earthquake |
Volcano
Paraya erupted |
|
M |
1566 |
August |
|
|
Anomalous
phen. |
Dark
spheres around the Sun. Turned
red & went out. |
|
A |
1567 |
April |
9 |
|
Solar
eclipse |
Circle
of light round Sun |
|
M |
1569 |
October |
30 |
|
Tornado |
60 yards
wide, lasted 7 mins. Destroyed
all in its path |
| G |
1570 |
|
|
|
Earthquake |
Sea
retreated, great landslips |
|
M |
1570 |
January |
12 |
|
|
Torches
& pillars |
|
M |
1570 |
November |
1 |
|
Sea flood |
4000,000
drowned |
|
G |
1572 |
January |
6 |
|
Earthquake |
With '
fall of aerolites' |
|
M |
1572 |
November |
1 |
|
Cold winter |
Deep
snows & freezing rains to Jan. 6 |
|
A |
1572 |
November |
11 |
|
Supernova |
Cassiopeia;
equals Venus. Tycho's Star |
|
M |
1573 |
February |
2 |
|
Cold |
|
|
M |
1574 |
October |
1 |
|
Sea flood |
20,000
Spanish troops k. |
|
M |
1574 |
November |
14 |
|
|
'Burning
clouds' N. to S for 2 nights |
| M |
1575 |
February |
13 |
|
|
Spears
& armies in the air. Again Sept. 25 |
|
M |
1575 |
November |
|
|
Cold winter |
|
|
G |
1575 |
December |
6 |
|
Earthquake |
&
seismic sea wave |
|
M |
1577 |
March |
17 |
|
Tornado |
Buildings
overthrown |
|
M |
1577 |
August |
4 |
|
Tornado? |
'Black
dog' entered |
|
A |
1577 |
November |
8 |
|
Comet |
Nucleus
bright as Moon, tail over 60° long |
| G |
1577 |
November |
30 |
|
Earthquake |
'Very
remarkable earthquake' |
|
M |
1578 |
|
|
|
Fall |
Yellow
mice fell |
|
M |
1578 |
February |
4 |
|
Snow |
People
& cattle lost. Snow to
Feb. 8 |
|
A |
1578 |
February |
22 |
|
Comet |
Stretched
across heavens |
|
A |
1578 |
November |
|
|
Comet |
Tail 90°
long |
|
G |
1580 |
|
|
|
Volcano |
Sao
Jorge erupts. Nuee ardentes |
|
G |
1580 |
April |
6 |
|
Earthquake |
2k. in |
| G |
1580 |
May |
1 |
|
Earthquake |
|
| A |
1580 |
May |
27 |
|
Meteorite |
Shower of
stones |
|
A |
1580 |
October |
1 |
|
Comet |
Tail
stretched across Milky Way |
|
A |
1581 |
July |
26 |
|
Meteorite |
39 lb.
stone fell |
|
M |
1581 |
August |
27 |
|
|
Pillars
& crosses in sky |
| G |
1582 |
|
|
|
Earthquake |
|
|
A |
1582 |
May |
13 |
|
Comet |
Tail
over 100° long |
|
M |
1582 |
August |
12 |
|
Tornado |
Tempest
of lightning & whirlwind. Houses
destroyed |
|
A |
1582 |
September |
|
|
Comet |
Blue;
stretched over sky |
|
A |
1583 |
January |
9 |
|
Meteorite |
33 lb.
stone fell at Castrovillari |
|
G |
1584 |
|
|
|
Landslide |
300 k. |
| G |
1584 |
March | 1 |
|
Earthquake |
Also |
|
M |
1584 |
July |
24 |
|
Lightning |
Many men
& cattle k. |
|
G |
1586 |
|
|
Guatimala |
Earthquake |
City
ruined. Fuego volcano erupted |
|
G |
1586 |
July |
9 |
|
Earthquake |
Sea wave
flooded land |
|
G |
1586 |
September |
|
|
Earthquake |
With
seismic sea wave. Great earth clefts |
|
M |
1586 |
October |
8 |
|
Gale |
Houses
& trees destroyed |
|
A |
1586 |
December |
6 |
|
Bolide |
Black
& red dust fell at Verdun |
|
A |
1587 |
March |
5 |
|
Lunar event? |
'Star'
in body of Moon |
|
M |
1587 |
July |
2 |
|
Tornado |
Funnel
cloud seen in thunderstorm. 1st
tornado picture |
|
M |
1587 |
September |
|
|
Floods |
|
|
A |
1587 |
October |
|
|
Comet |
Tail 60°
long |
|
G |
1588 |
March |
25 |
|
Earthquake |
Yellow
'smoke' for hours |
|
G |
1590 |
September |
15 |
|
Earthquake |
|
|
A |
1590 |
December |
7 |
|
Sunspot |
'Great
black spot' on Sun. Seen at
sea |
|
G |
1591 |
July |
26 |
|
Earthquake |
Land
& sea disturbances |
|
M |
1592 |
|
|
|
Cold winter |
Wolves
entered |
|
A |
1594 |
March |
1 |
|
Meteorites |
Shower
of stones fell at Crelvacore |
|
M |
1594 |
March |
30 |
|
Gales |
1,000s
of trees fell |
|
M |
1594 |
|
|
|
Cold winter |
Lagoons
of |
|
G |
1595 |
March |
12 |
|
Volcano |
Mudflows
after eruption k. 636, Nevado
del Ruiz |
|
G |
1595 |
June |
25 |
|
River burst |
Ice fall
blocked R. Dranse; dam burst k.140 |
|
G |
1596 |
July |
22 |
|
Earthquake |
Sea
rose; rain of ashes. Towns
ruined |
|
M |
1596 |
December |
|
|
Ball
lightning? |
Dark,
football-sized 'thing' exploded
in Wells church |
|
G |
1597 |
January |
3 |
|
Volcano |
18
craters on fissure |
|
A |
1598 |
March |
7 |
|
Solar
eclipse |
Ring
of light round Moon |