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.