|
Type |
Year |
Month |
Day |
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
|
A |
302 |
May |
China |
Comet |
Seen in the daytime |
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|
M |
312 |
Rome |
Halo cross? |
Constantine sees cross of light above Sun |
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|
M |
324 |
England |
Coloured rain |
Rain of blood for 6 hours in Somerset |
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|
G |
325 |
Campania, Italy |
Earthquake |
12 towns destroyed round Naples |
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|
M |
329 |
Britain |
Severe winter |
Most rivers froze 6 weeks. Deep snow in Wales |
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|
A |
334 |
Antioch, Syria |
Meteor? |
'Star' poured out 'smoke' for 3 hours during day |
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|
G |
340 |
Asia Minor |
Earthquake |
'All through the East'. 2 years of shocks |
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|
M |
341 |
Britain |
Snow |
Snow 15 feet deep lay 6 weeks |
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|
G |
344 |
Mediterranean |
Earthquake |
Shocks in Rhodes, Dyrrachium, Campania & Rome |
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|
M |
344 |
Britain |
Hailstones |
'Much bigger than hens' eggs' |
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|
M |
346 |
Germany |
Rain |
20 days incessant rain |
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|
M |
349 |
England |
Gale |
420 houss fell , Carlisle. Many k. |
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|
M |
351 |
May |
7 |
Jerusalem |
Halo complex? |
A cross in the sky |
|
M |
352 |
Scotland? |
Aurora? |
'Fiery swords' at night became a huge flame |
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|
A |
352 |
China |
Sunspot |
'3-legged crow' on Sun. Seen 5 days |
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|
M |
353 |
Cheshire, England |
Flood |
Drowned 5,000 persons & many cattle |
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|
G |
358 |
August |
24 |
Asia Minor |
Earthquake |
Preceded by 2 hours of darkness |
|
M |
359 |
Scotland |
Cold |
Severe frost for 14 weeks |
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|
G |
365 |
July |
22 |
Mediterranean |
Earthquake |
Roman world shaken by great earthquake |
|
A |
374 |
February |
13 |
China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion passage |
|
A |
390 |
August |
22 |
China |
Comet |
White comet. Tail 100 cubits |
|
M |
393 |
Anomalous phen. |
'Bright globes' at night merged into a 'sword' |
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|
G |
394 |
September |
Europe |
Earthquakes |
Throughout Europe to November |
|
|
M |
395 |
September |
5 |
Asia Minor? |
Day darkness |
'Night rather than day'. Not an eclipse |
|
G |
395 |
September |
Europe |
Earthquakes |
Throughout Europe to January 396 |
|
|
G |
396 |
Constantinople |
Earthquake |
Violent shocks for several days, sky seemed on fire |
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|
M |
400 (c.) |
Europe |
Aurora |
'Columns in the sky' for 3 days |
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|
A |
400 |
China |
Comet |
Over 30 cubits long |
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|
M |
401 |
Asia Minor |
Cold |
Black Sea froze over, sea ice nr. Constantinople |
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|
M |
410 |
August (c.) |
Rome |
Day darkness |
Gloom so that stars appeared in daytime |
|
|
A |
415 |
June |
24 |
China |
Comets |
Two comets near Serpens |
|
G |
416 |
Java |
Volcano |
Volcano Kapi exploded & created Sunda Straits |
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|
A |
418 |
July |
19 |
Comet |
Seen near Sun in eclipse:tail became 100 cubits long |
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|
G |
424 |
Cornwall. England |
Earthquake |
'Great losses, many killed'. Must be doubtful |
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|
G |
427 |
Constantinople |
Earthquake |
57 towers thrown down. Year may be 447 |
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|
M |
436 |
Ireland |
Snow |
A huge snow |
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|
G |
446 |
Mediterranean? |
Earthquake |
'Earthquake lasting 6 months' |
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|
M |
447? |
Wales |
Day darkness |
'Days as dark as night'. Year may be 444 |
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|
M |
450 |
August |
25 |
Constantinople |
Day darkness |
Sky dark until evening. Not an eclipse |
|
M |
451 |
April |
3 |
France |
Aurora |
Red streamers after sunset |
|
A |
451 |
July |
4 |
China & Europe |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion. |
|
A |
452 |
Thrace |
Meteorites? |
Three large stones fell. 'Doubtful' |
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|
M |
454 |
Central Europe |
Aurora |
'Burning pikes' in sky |
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|
M |
454 |
July |
Britain |
Drought |
Drought July to Sept., then famine |
|
|
M |
459 |
Britain |
Hail |
Stones over 3 inches dia k. many people & cattle |
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|
A? |
466 |
Comet?? |
Trumpet-shaped cloud seen 40 days |
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|
M? |
467 (c.) |
France |
Anthelion? |
Another sun after sunset |
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|
M |
470 |
Scotland |
Rain |
10 months' rain |
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|
G |
472 |
November |
5 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
Volcano |
'Whole of Europe covered with fine dust' |
|
M |
474 |
Britain |
Cold |
4 months' frost & great snow |
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|
A |
476 |
I-hsi, China |
Meteorites? |
'Thundering chariots' fell & scorched ground. |
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|
G |
494 |
Asia Minor |
Earthquake |
Laodicea, Hierapolis, Tripolis & Agathicus wrecked |
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|
M |
497 |
Britain? |
Comet? |
'Star' & fireball with 3 rays |
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|
M |
500 |
October |
23 |
Asia Minor? |
Day darkness |
Sun obscured to 8th hour. Not an eclipse |
|
M |
508 |
Britain |
Cold |
Rivers frozen 2 months. Uncertain year |
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|
G |
512 |
July |
8 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
Volcano |
Severe, with nuee ardentes |
|
G |
518 |
Hungary |
Earthquake |
Boiling water came from 12-foot wide fissures. |
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|
A |
518 |
June |
25 |
China |
Ball lightning? |
'Red object' fell into furnace , exploded, burned houses |
|
G |
520 |
Wales |
Subsidence |
Cantref y Gwaelod drowned |
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|
M |
523 (c.) |
Kent, England |
Aurorae? & fall |
'Dragons fighting in the air' , rain of wheat & blood |
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|
M |
526 |
England? |
Volcanic dust? |
'A dry fog' |
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|
G |
526 |
May |
20 |
Antioch, Syria |
Earthquake |
City wrecked, 250,000 k. |
|
G |
528 |
November |
29 |
Antioch, Syria |
Earthquake |
Rebuilt buildings thrown down |
|
A |
530 |
November |
15 |
China & Europe |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion |
|
G |
536 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
Volcano |
Vesuvius 'rumbled'. No eruption |
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|
M |
536 |
Mesopotamia: Italy |
Obscuration |
Sun dimmed for 18 months, fruits did not ripen |
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|
M |
536 |
March |
24 |
Constantinople |
Obscuration |
Sun & Moon darkened , till June 24, 537 |
|
M |
536 |
December |
China |
Fall |
Yellow dust fell 'like snow' |
|
|
M |
537 |
February |
1 |
China |
Fall |
Rain of dust or ash |
|
M |
537 |
July & August |
Quingzou, China |
Summer snow |
Frost in July; snow in August |
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|
M? |
541 |
France |
Aurora? |
'Comet' so vast that sky seemed on fire |
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|
M |
542 |
Scotland |
Obscuration |
Sun like blood at noon, sky full of stars 2 days |
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|
G |
543 |
September |
6 |
Mediterranean? |
Earthquake |
'Throughout the known world' |
|
G |
545 |
Thrace |
Tsunami |
Wave drowned many |
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|
M |
548 |
France |
Cold winter |
Deep snow |
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|
G |
552 |
Greece |
Earthquake |
Naupacte, Petra, Corona, etc., ruined |
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|
M |
554 |
Europe |
Cold |
Severe winter |
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|
G |
555 |
August |
15 |
Asia Minor |
Earthquake |
Constantinople, Berytus & extending to Egypt |
|
G |
557 |
December |
14 |
Mediterranean |
Earthquake |
Constantinople, Antioch, Rome, etc |
|
M |
563 |
France |
Parhelia 3 or 4 'suns' near Sun |
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|
M |
567 (c.) |
Italy |
Aurora |
'Battle lines of fire' (acies igneae) |
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|
A |
568 |
August |
3 |
China |
Comet |
White; tail 40 cubits long, like a melon |
|
M |
569 |
Italy |
Aurora |
'Fiery ranks' in the sky from which'blood' came |
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|
A |
570 |
Bender, Arabia |
Meteorites |
Many stones fell |
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|
M |
575 |
September |
France |
Aurora |
The sky burned |
|
|
A |
577 |
November |
11 |
France |
Lunar event? |
'A light on the Moon'. Moon was full, with halo |
|
A |
579 |
China |
Sunspot |
Black colour as large as hen's egg on Sun |
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|
A |
580 |
Europe |
Meteors? |
'Fiery meteors' traversed sky |
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|
A |
580 |
France |
Exploding meteor |
Great light moving E., explosion heard 50 miles away |
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|
M |
580 |
France |
Tornado? |
Storm swept area a mile across, men k. |
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|
M |
582 |
Paris, France |
Coloured rain |
Shower of blood |
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|
M |
582 |
January |
31 |
Tours, France |
Ball lightning? |
Fireball moved through overcast sky |
|
A |
584 |
December |
France? |
Meteor |
Large fireball equal to daylight |
|
|
M |
585 |
France |
Aurora |
Rays of light for 2 nights; luminous cloud |
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|
A |
585 |
October |
23 |
France? |
Bolide |
Large fireball, then detonation |
|
G |
585 |
Unknown |
Volcano? |
2 'islands in the sea' consumed by fire from heaven |
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|
M |
586 |
Constantinople |
Hail |
Men k. by stones |
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|
M |
586 |
North Sea |
Floods |
Great storm floods |
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|
A |
587 |
January |
1 |
France |
Bolide |
Large fireball, then detonation |
|
M |
588 |
France |
Tornadoes? 'Snakes' dropped from clouds & village vanished |
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|
M |
589 |
Durham, England |
Storm flood |
Sea swept away villages, many drowned |
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|
M |
592 |
January |
10 |
England |
Drought |
Until September |
|
M |
596 |
England |
Aurora? |
Armies in the sky. 'Legendary' |
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|
A |
599 |
January |
30 |
Arabia |
Meteor shower |
Stars flew against one another |