AD 1600-1700

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

Key Year A.D. Month Day Location Phenomenon Description
G 1600 November 26? Peru   Volcano Explosion Huainaputina,;  Tambo R. dammed by debris
G 1600 July 20 Tyrol River burst Vernagt glacier dams river, great floods when dam burst
G 1601 (c)   Unknown Volcano Great eruption created haze over Scandinavia
G 1601 September 8 Europe Earthquake Almost all Europe & part of Asia
A 1604 October 9 China, Europe Supernova Discovery date. Kepler's Star
M 1606     Germany Drought No rain for 7 months
G 1606     Japan Earthquake Mountain rose from sea in one night
M 1606 March 27 Belgium Gale Most buildings unroofed
M 1607 January 27 Severn , England Sea flood Hundreds drowned
M 1607 February   Switzerland Mild winter Violets bloomed in Feb.
A 1607 May 28 Prague Sunspot Seen by projection
A 1607 October 27   Halley's Comet Perihelion. Long bright tail
M 1607 December   London Cold Frost fair on Thames . To Feb. 1608
M 1608 January 20 England Severe winter Firth of Forth froze. 'Great winter'
M 1608 May 15 Dantzig Cold spring Ditches still frozen
G 1608 November 8 Scotland Earthquake Felt Dundee , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Aberdeen , etc.
A 1609 June   England Moon 1st obs. by telescope, Thomas Harriot
M 1609 October   England Severe winter Frost lasted 4 months. Thames frozen
G 1610 June 22 France Glacier advance La Rosiére glacier crushed 5 houses
A 1610 July 6   Lunar eclipse 1st obs. by telescope
G 1611 December 2 Sanriku , Japan Earthquake 5,000 drowned, 80 ft. tsunami
G 1612 November 8 Crete Earthquake Buildings thrown down. Also Germany to Dec. 7
M 1613 May 29 Thuringia Cloudburst For 11 hours. Great floods
M 1615 May 1 England Late snow Snow 1 ft. deep, Derbyshire
M 1616 June   Switzerland Hot summer Hottest for 500 years. 50 days' drought
A 1618 August   Styria Meteor 'Blood' & stones fell
G 1618 August 25 Switzerland Earthquake Mt. Conto in the Grisons fell, 1,200 k.
G 1618 September 4 Switzerland Rockfall 1,500 k. in Plurs
A 1618 November 16   Comet Tail 70° long
A 1619 February 14 China Comet Tail 100° long
G 1619 July   Hekla , Iceland Volcano Ash fell in Norway
A 1620 June 15 Europe Lunar eclipse Moon vanished in totality
A 1620 December 9 Europe Lunar eclipse Moon vanished in totality
A 1621 April 10 Jalandhar , India Meteorite Iron fall. Made into weapons
M 1621 September 2 France Aurora All over France
M 1622     Europe Cold winter All European rivers & Zuyder Zee froze
A 1623 January 10 Devon , England Meteorite 10 lb. stone fell at Stretchleigh
G 1623 March 24 Norway Earthquake 'More violent than any remembered'
A 1623 November 17 Germany Meteor 'Burning globe' at sunset
G 1624     Azores Earthquake Island 1½ leagues long rose nr. St. Michel
G 1625 September 2 Katla , Iceland Volcano Subglacial eruption. Ash fell Norway
M 1626 June 12 London Waterspout On river at Westminster
G 1626 July 30 Italy Earthquake 30 towns wr., 17,000 k.
M 1627     Apulia Flood 16,000 drowned
G 1627     Phillipines Earthquake Mountain 'levelled' in Cagayan province
A 1627 November 27 Nice, France Meteorite 59 lbs. stone fell
A 1628 April 9 England Meteorites 3 stones fell, Oxfordshire. Largest 26 lb.
G 1628 August 28 Pleurs , Italy Landslide 2,200 k.
G 1630 September 2 Azores Volcano St. Michel. Rain of ashes
A 1630 November 29 Alsace Meteorite 300 lbs. stone fell
G 1631 December 16 Vesuvius , Italy Volcano Lava & nuee ardentes, 4,000 k.
G 1633     Ethiopia Volcano? 'Eruption of a mountain'
A 1634 August 15 Messina , Italy Mirage Fata Morgana. 1st description
M 1634 October 11 North Sea Sea flood Great storm flood, Germany , Denmark , 6,000 drowned
A 1634 October 27 Belgium Meteorites Several stones, to 8 lbs.
G 1634 December   Mt. Etna , Sicily Volcano Eruption until 1638
G 1636 January 25 Azores Volcano St. Michel. New island formed
G 1638     Java Volcano Raung Volcano eruption k. 1,000s
G 1638 March 27 Italy & Sicily Earthquake Sea retired 2 miles at Pizzo, 180 towns wrecked
G 1638 June 2 New England Earthquake Houses thrown down
M 1638 October 21 Devon , England Tornado Several k. in church Widecombe
A 1639     China Meteorite? Stone fell, destroyed many houses. Many people k.
A 1639 November 29 England Transit of Venus 1st. observation, by Horrocks
M 1640     Chile Aurora Aurora Australis
M 1640 January 27 England Aurora Streams from dark arch
G 1640 April 4 Europe Earthquake France , Belgium , Holland , Germany
A 1642 April 14 Europe Lunar eclipse Moon invisible at totality
M 1642 June   Germany Fall Burning fist-sized sulphur lumps fell on Loburg Castle
A 1642 August 4 England Meteorit e 4 lb. stone fell in Suffolk
A 1642 December 2 Ofen , Hungary Meteorit e 'Mass' fell. 'Doubtful'
A 1643     Europe Sunspots Across ⅓rd. of Sun
M 1643 March 10 S. England Aurora Shining cloud like sword
G 1643 April 12 New Guinea Earthquake Several shocks
G 1645 February 12 Norway Whirlpool Maelstrom raged
G 1645 November 30 Phillipines Earthquake Most stone buildings fell
G 1646 April 5 Constantinople Earthquake Wave stranded 136 ships
M 1646 May 16 Hasnia , Italy ? Fall Rain with sulphur. Powder found
A 1647?     Rochefort Meteorite? 8lb. stone fell on ship, killing 2 men
A 1647 February 18 Saxony Meteorite 50 lbs. stone fell at Zwickau
M 1648     Europe Noctilucent clds. Maignon describes luminous clouds
A 1649 September 1 Hamburg Meteor Moved in bounds
G 1650 September 24 Santorin Island Volcano New island rose & disappeared in eruption
A 1652 April 8 Scotland Solar eclipse Mirk Monday
G 1652     Palma , Canaries Volcano Eruption on island. Also Azores eruption this year
A 1652 November 2 Europe Comet 'Almost as large as Moon'
G 1653     Smyrna Earthquake 3,000 k.
A 1654 March 30 Denmark Meteorites Many stones fell at Fünen
G 1654 July 23 Italy Earthquake Many villages ruined
M 1655 December 10 Scotland Blizzard Snow, wind & sea flood, Fifeshire. Houses fell, ships lost
M 1657 June 21 England Hot summer Heat by day & night
M 1658 February 27 Europe Cold winter Great snow in Rome , Feb.
M 1660 June 2 England Tornado Worthington , Leics. Trees uprooted
G 1660 June 21 Pyrenees Earthquake Mountain sank & left lake
M 1660 November 3 Katla , Iceland Volcano Great destruction. Glacier-burst
M 1661 February 20 Gdansk Halo complex 2 haloes, parhelic circle, arcs & 6 parhelia
M 1661 March 21 London Aurora 2 'armies' in sky
G 1662     Oomi , Japan Earthquake Mountain sank & left level ground
M 1662 January 15 London Mild winter Like 'May or June'
M 1662 February 18 England Gale SW storm & thunder, 'Windy Tuesday'
M 1662 July 20 England Tornado 'Pillar of smoke', track 7 miles long, Cheshire .
A 1662 December 10 Novy-Ergi , Russia Meteorite Fireball, detonations, shower of stones
G 1663 February 5 Canada Earthquake St.Laurence River . Quebec injured
M 1663 August 15 Russia Anomalous phen. Huge fireball over lake for 1½ hours, Robozero
M 1663 August 28 England Summer cold Great frost. Cold summer
M 1664 February 19 England Haloes 2 lunar haloes
M 1664 August 16 London Thunderstorm Intense lightning & rain
M 1665 March 21 Germany Fall Blue fibrous matter
M 1665 July 2 England Tornado? 'Great grey ball' fell in Norfolk storm, much damage. 1 k.
G 1665 October 15 Canada Earthquake Preceded by very loud noise
G 1666 January 18 Hungary Earthquake Also shock in England , prob. same date
M 1666 April 21 Kent , England Fall 2 acres at Cranstead covered in small fish after thunder
G 1666 November   Assyria Earthquake 5 towns & 45 villages ruined, 4 new mts. raised
G 1667     Schamaki Earthquake 80,000 k. Great earth movements
G 1667 April 6 Italy Earthquake 5,000 k., Ragusa . Submarine explosions
M 1667 August 27 Virginia Hurricane Jamestown wrecked
M 1667 September 1 St. Kitts Hurricane Great damage
M 1667 October 23 Lincs. , England Tornado Many houses destroyed, 1k. at Welbourn
G 1667 November   Caucasia Earthquake 80,000 k.
A 1668 March 5 Europe Comet Tail 'of stupendous length'
A 1668 June 21 Italy Meteorites Fireball & shower of stones, Vago Verona, up to 136 Kg.
G 1668 August 17 Turkey Earthquake 6,000 k.
A 1668 November   Boston , Mass. Lunar event? 'Star' in body of Moon between horns
G 1669 March 11 Etna , Sicily Volcano Lava flow from fissure destroyed 50 towns, 20,000 k.
M 1669 March 17 France Fall Stinking red liquid fell at Chatillion
M 1670 June 20 England Halo complex 7 'circles of light', 8 parhelia
A 1670 July 11 China Met eorit e House damaged by fall
A 1671 February 27 Ortenau , Germany Met eorit e 10 lb. stone fell
G 1671 March 31 Schamaki Earthquake Vast numbers of fireballs fell from sky
M 1671 December 9 S. England Freezing rain Great tree damage
G 1672     Greek Islands Earthquake Stanichio Island . 'swallowed up' with inhabitants
G 1672 April 14 Italy Earthquake 1,500 k.
G 1673     Canaries Volcano Showers of fire & stones
M 1674 August 1 Holland Tornadoes Utrecht cathedral damage
A 1676 March 21 Italy Meteor Larger than Moon, 40 miles up, speed 9,600 mph
A 1676 September 20 England Meteor Seen in most of England
A 1677 May 28 Germany Meteorites? Many small stones with 'much copper' fell, Ermendorf
G 1677 November 13 Palma , Canaries Volcano Eruption to Jan. 1678
G 1678 June 17 Peru Earthquake Sea retreated & returned violently 24 hrs.(?) later
M 1678 August   Herts. , England Crop circle Oat field 'all on a flame'. Circle by daylight
G 1679 June 4 Ararat Earthquake Devastating. Flames issued from ground
M 1680 July 18 Massachusetts Tornado 1st definite American tornado. Damage at Cambridge
G 1680 October 9 Spain Earthquake Earth clefts, Malaga
A 1680 November 14 Saxony Comet Discovery date. Curved tail 90° long
M 1681 July   Cape Cod Fall Burning bituminous matter fell on ship in thunderstorm
G 1682 May 2 Europe Earthquake Switzerland , France , Germany , etc.
A 1682 September 4 Europe Halley's Comet Perihelion date
M 1684 January 1 England Severe winter Thames Frost Fair begins. Frozen 2 months
M 1684 February 9 English Channel Sea ice Ice between Dover & Calais 'joined together'.
M 1684 December 23 S. England Blizzard Many froze to death
G 1686     Ternate Volcano 'Vast shower of ashes'
M 1686 January 31 Germany Fall Damp black mass fell with snow, Memel
M 1686 May   Lisle, Holland Hailstones Stones up to 1 lb. fell
M? 1686 July 9 Leipsic Anomaly Fireball half size of Moon motionless 7½ minutes
M 1686 July 29 Venice Tornado Track 65 km. long
M 1687 July 4 China Typhoon Dampier's ship caught
M 1687 August 25 Yorkshire Tornado De La Pryme obs. funnel
G 1687 October 20 Lima , Peru Earthquake Lima & Callao wrecked. Sea wave
M 1688     Boston , Mass. Coloured snow Red snow fell
G 1688 March 1 Jamaica Earthquake Earth waves
G 1688 July 10 Smyrna Earthquake 20,000 k.
M 1688 October 30 England Aurora Streamers 'warring' in N.
M 1688 December 20 England Severe winter Thames frozen to Feb. 6 '89 , frost fair
A 1689 November 24 Africa , India Comet Tail 60° long
M 1690 January 11 England Gale Storm of wind & snow for 3 hrs. Many k.
G 1690 October 17 Ireland Earthquake Dublin & Kilkenny
G 1691 February 19 Transylvania Earthquake 3 days' shocks. Earth clefts, trees torn up
G 1692     Ile de Fer Volcano Off African coast. Eruption lasted 6 weeks
G 1692 June 7 Jamaica Earthquake Port Royal sank into sea
G 1692 September 8 Europe Earthquake England , France , Belgium , parts of Germany
G 1693     Spice Islands Volcano Lake of fire 'took possession of ' Sorea Island , inhab. fled
G 1693 January 9 Italy Earthquake Calabria & Sicily , 93,000 k. Felt France , Germany , etc.
G 1693 January 13 Hekla , Iceland Volcano Ash fall Norway & Scotland . Pumice carried to Faeroes
M 1694 April 22 Wales Anomalous phen. 'Fiery exhalation' rose from sea. Grass tainted, cattle k.
G 1694 September 8 Italy Earthquake 3,571 k., Avellino
M 1694 November 2 Scotland Sandstorm Culbin village lost for 230 years
M 1695     Iceland Sea ice Whole island surrounded
M 1695     Ireland Fall Clammy yellow substance fell in showers
M 1695 January 29 England Cold winter Frost & continual snow 5 weeks to date
M 1695 June   Bohemia Summer cold 3 intense frosts. Famine
A 1695 October 28 Brazil Comet Tail 40° long
M 1697 May 4 Hertfordshire Hail Stones 14 ins. round. Several k.
M 1698 May 3 Norfolk Late snow Fell from 2 to 6 pm
G 1698 June 19 Ecuador Volcano Mt. Caruairazo 'fell in'
G 1699 January 5 Java Earthquake Batavia wrecked
A 1700     Jamaica Meteorite? Fiery body fell, Many holes in ground

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