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	*1^st 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	*1^st 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. 1^st 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. i*n church Widecombe
A	1639			China	Meteorite?	Stone fell, destroyed many houses. Many people k.
A	1639	November	29	England	Transit of Venus	*1^st. 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	1^st 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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