Codes: A=Astronomical event G=Geological M=Meteorological
Code | Year | Month | Day | Location | Phenomenon | Description |
M | 1741 | July | 31(c.) | Switzerland | Hailstorm | 'Hail 2 foot in depth' |
M | 1741 | September | 8 | Huntingdon, England | Tornado | Many buildings fell |
A | 1741 | December | 11 | London | Meteor | Daylight fireball, trail vis. 20 min. |
G | 1742 | January | 10 | Pisa, Italy | Earthquakes | & 'extraordinary clouds'. Many shocks |
G | 1742 | December | 9 | Cotopaxi | Eruption | Snowmelt floods k. 800. Also on June 24 |
M | 1743 | July | 25 | Peking, China | Heatwave | 11000 suffered sunstroke. Temp. 120° F. |
A | 1744 | March | 7 | Europe | Comet | 6 major tails 19 million miles long |
M | 1744 | July |
| Germany | Ball lightning | Fireball frightened girl indoors |
M | 1744 | August | 20 | Cuzco, Peru | Aurora | 'Visible in daylight' |
G | 1746 | October | 28 | Lima, Peru | Earthquake | 18,000 k. |
M | 1749 | June | 11 | Rome | Tornado | Building & tree damage. Track 43 km.long |
M | 1749 | June | 15 | England | Summer snow | Skiddaw snow lay till 16th |
M | 1749 | December | 4 | England | Aurora | 'Amazing light' in N. for short time |
M | 1750 | January | 15 | Britain | Aurora | Seen from whole country. Red arch |
G | 1750 | February | 19 | London | Earthquake | Also on French coast |
G | 1750 | March | 8 | London | Earthquake | Houses damaged |
M | 1750 | April | 21 | South Carolina | Aurora | 'Streaked liquid flame'. At Charleston |
G | 1750 | May | 1 | Cerigo, Greece | Earthquake | 2,000 k.. Lasted 5 minutes |
M | 1750 | July | 2 | Dijon, France | Ball lightning | 'Red flame' in church exploded |
M | 1750 | July | 5 | Vienne, France | Flood | Sudden flood k. 130, 100 houses lost |
G | 1750 | October | 11 | England | Earthquake | Chimneys & walls thrown down |
A | 1750 | October | 12 | Niort, France | Meteorite | 20 lbs. stone fell |
A | 1751 | May | 26 | Agram, Croatia | Meteorites | Explosion & 2 irons fell, largest 71 lbs. |
G | 1752 | April | 16 | Stavanger, Norway | Earthquake | & octagonal 'star' which threw out fireballs. |
M | 1752 | August | 10 | London, England | Waterspout | Lifted 2 boats from Thames, Vauxhall |
A | 1753 | July | 3 | Tabor, Bohemia | Meteorites | Several irons fell. Noise like thunder |
A | 1754 |
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| Sunspot | Equal to 1/20th Sun's dia. |
G | 1754 | August | 18 | Amboyna Is. | Earthquake | Floods from clefts. Multitudes k. |
G | 1754 | September | 2 | Constantinople | Earthquake | Many buried in ruins. Storm preceded |
M | 1755 |
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| Locarno | Coloured rain | Blood-rain fell for 3 days. 23 inches |
G | 1755 | March | 2 | Etna, Sicily | Volcano | Eruption melted summit snow, great flood |
G | 1755 | April |
| Quito, Ecuador | Earthquake | 1,000s k. |
G | 1755 | June | 7 | Kahrud, Persia | Earthquake | 40,000 k. |
M | 1755 | October | 14 | Switzerland | Coloured rain | Blood-red rain & snow |
M | 1755 | October | 20 | Shetland | Fall | Black dust fell;none in Orkney |
G | 1755 | November | 1 | Lisbon, Portugal | Earthquake | Shocks & sea waves k. 40,000. Mag. 8.9. Tremors felt 1,220 miles away |
G | 1755 | November | 4 | Spain | Earthquake | Felt over whole country, lasted 5 or 6 min |
G | 1755 | November | 18-19 | Morocco | Earthquake | Mequinez ruined, Tangier much injured |
A | 1755 | November | 27 | Wepio, Sweden | Meteor | Large as Moon, smoke trail |
G | 1755 | December | 9 | Europe | Earthquake | Switzerland, pts. of France, Italy, Bavaria etc. |
G | 1755 | December | 21 | Lisbon, Portugal | Earthquake | Over 300 k. Sea wave |
G | 1755 | December | 25 | Milan, Italy | Earthquake | 1,000 k. Great damage |
G | 1756 | January | 2 | Tuam, Ireland | Earthquake | 'Unusual light' in sky |
A | 1756 | January | 15 | Somerset | Meteor | Fireball size of Moon. Smoke trail |
G | 1756 | July | 10 | Lisbon, Portugal | Earthquake | 'Smoke' rose & hid Sun. Sulphur smell |
G | 1757 | January | 20 | Pondicherry | Volcano | Submarine eruption. Island formed |
G | 1757 | July | 10 | Azores | Earthquake | Great landform changes |
G | 1757 | August | 6 | Syracuse, Sicily | Earthquake | Half town destroyed, 10,000 k. |
M | 1758 | March | 3? | Connecticut | 'Hot fog' | Strange fog with heat at Kensington |
A | 1758 | November | 26 | England, Scotland | Meteor | 100 miles up, speed 30 miles a second |
G | 1758 | December | 6 | Russia | Earthquake | & terrible tempest |
M | 1759 | February | 28 | Russia | Mild winter | Sledges useless for want of snow |
A | 1759 | March | 13 | Europe | Halley's Comet | Perihelion |
A | 1759 | April | 4 | Bombay, India | Meteor | Too bright to look at. Visible 10 secs. |
M | 1759 | May | 30 | Surrey, Kent | Late snow | Up to 4 inches deep |
M | 1759 | July | 10 | New England | Tornado | Trees uprooted, 1 k. |
G | 1759 | August | 10 | Bordeaux, France | Earthquake | Air 'full of agitated clouds'. 2 shocks |
G | 1759 | September | 28 | Jorullo, Mexico | Volcano | Birth of new volcano |
G | 1759 | October | 30 | Tripoli, | Earthquake | 'Country near destroyed'.Sea agitated |
G | 1759 | November | 24 | Vesuvius, Italy | Volcano | Sudden eruption, 5 new openings |
G | 1759 | November | 25 | Syria | Earthquake | 20,000 k. in Damascus |
M | 1759 | December | 16-17 | Leipsic | Winter cold | 30 sentinels froze to death |
G | 1759 | December | 21 | Germany, Denmark | Earthquake | Sea agitated, Elsineur |
A | 1760 | January | 7 | England | Comet | 'Grazed orbit of terrestrial globe' |
G | 1760 | January | 20 | Europe | Earthquake | Holland, Belgium, France, Ireland etc. |
M | 1760 | February | 15 | England | Gale | With lightning;'terrible effects' |
G | 1760 | February | 21 | Vesuvius, Italy | Volcano | Lava flow |
G | 1760 | April | 9 | Norway | Landslide | Mountain fell, blocked river flooded |
A | 1760 | May | 10 | New England | Meteor | Daylight; cast shadows; exploded |
M | 1760 | July | 20 | Comminges,France | Hailstorm | 5 in. stones, men & sheep k. |
G | 1760 | December | 23 | Vesuvius, Italy | Volcano | Eruption to Jan. 5 |