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

Sunspot

Equal to 1/20^th 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

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.