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Year |
Month |
Day |
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
|
M |
1104 |
June |
7 |
England |
Halo complex |
4 white circles round Sun at noon |
|
G |
1104 |
|
|
Iceland |
Volcano |
1st known eruption of Hekla. 16 farms lost Ash fell in Scandinavia |
|
G |
1105 |
|
|
Malamocco Is. |
Earthquake |
Island engulfed by sea. Off Italy |
|
A |
1106 |
February |
12 |
Europe |
Sun-darkening |
Accompanied by meteors. Comet near Sun |
|
A |
1106 |
February |
14 |
Europe |
Comet |
Shining ray at sunset. Seen 40 days |
|
M |
1107 |
March |
23 |
Ireland |
Snow |
Fell a day & night. Many cattle k. |
|
M |
1108 |
|
|
Syria |
Aurora? |
Light like Sun at night for 3 hours |
|
M |
1108 |
April |
4 |
Syria |
Obscuration |
Day 'darkness like dust'. Lasted 12 days |
|
G |
1109 |
|
|
Antioch |
Earthquake |
Houses swallowed up |
|
A |
1110 |
|
|
Armenia |
Meteor? |
'Burning object' fell in Lake Van Waters turned blood red |
|
A |
1110 |
June |
8 |
England |
Comet |
Visible 3 weeks |
|
M |
1111 |
June |
7 |
Liege, Belgium |
Cloudburst |
Flood washed away houses & people Lightning struck church next day |
|
G |
1112 |
January |
3 |
Germany |
Earthquake |
Rothenburg on the Necker overthrown Liége flooded by Meuse |
|
A |
1112 |
June |
20 |
Italy |
Meteor? |
'Very bright star' seen |
|
A |
1114 |
May |
|
England |
Comet |
'Star' with long rays. Many nights |
|
M |
1114 |
October |
10 |
England |
Dessication |
Thames and Medway dry. Due to low tide |
|
G |
1115 |
December |
25 (c.) |
Middle East |
Earthquake |
Jerusalem,Antioch, etc. Great damage |
|
M |
1116 |
December |
21 (c) |
Germany |
Paraselene? |
2nd moon rose in the W. as full Moon rose |
|
G |
1117 |
|
|
Swabia |
Subsidence |
Earth boiled up, then collapsed |
|
M |
1117 |
December |
16 |
Chartres, France |
Aurora |
N. sky like fire at night. With white beam |
|
G |
1118 |
|
|
Ireland |
Earthquake |
Many cities destroyed. Much loss of life |
|
M |
1118 |
December |
20 |
Europe |
Aurora |
'Fiery ranks' in night sky. Moved N. to E. |
|
G |
1120 |
September |
28 |
England |
Earthquake |
Houses wrecked. People buried |
|
M |
1121 |
May |
|
Syria |
Aurora |
'A full arc' appeared at night |
|
M |
1122 |
December |
7 |
England |
Aurora? |
Fire in N.E. sky at dawn until daylight |
|
M |
1125 |
August |
10 |
England |
Flood |
Many towns deluged. Men drowned |
|
G |
1127 |
|
|
Tyre |
Earthquake |
Earth opened, many k. Year may be 1128 |
|
M |
1129 |
January |
|
Syria |
Aurora |
Fire in N.. & Mar., Apr. |
|
M |
1129 |
|
|
Ireland |
Heat |
Torrid summer. Streams dried up |
|
A? |
1130 |
October |
8 |
Bohemia |
Meteor? |
Flying 'serpent' at sunset. Seen many places |
|
M |
1130 |
November |
|
Syria |
Aurora |
Fiery 'mountain' in N. Later like pillars |
|
M |
1131 |
January |
11 |
England |
Aurora |
'Fire' in N. sky at night |
|
A |
1133 |
August |
2 |
Europe |
Solar eclipse |
Seen England, Salzburg, Cambrai, Prague ,etc. Corona seen, Salzburg? |
|
G |
1133 |
August |
4 |
England |
Earthquake |
Buildings overthrown. Fire from earth |
|
M |
1134 |
October |
1 |
England, Holland |
Sea flood? |
Sea rose & flooded coast, then retired |
|
G |
1134 |
|
|
Armenia |
Earthquake |
Dogodoph ruined |
|
A |
1135 |
|
|
Germany |
Meteorite |
Head-sized black stone fell at Oldisleben |
|
M |
1135 |
March |
7 |
Prague |
Halo complex |
4 circles round Sun. Many false suns |
|
A |
1135 |
July |
21 |
Syria |
Bolide |
'Torch' from W. to E., then explosion |
|
M |
1136 |
|
|
Germany |
Aurora? |
Shining cross in sky |
|
M |
1137 |
|
|
Britain |
Parhelia |
Three red suns |
|
M |
1137 |
May |
15 |
Ireland |
Gale |
Forests & churches fell |
|
A |
1138? |
March |
8 |
Asia Minor |
Meteorites? |
'Fiery coals' fell at Mosul |
|
M |
1138 |
October |
7 |
England |
Aurora |
Red sky in N. & coloured rays |
|
G |
1139 (c) |
|
|
Middle East |
Earthquake |
130,000 k. Strongest at Aleppo 80 shocks in one night |
|
M |
1139 |
July |
19 |
Prague |
Obscuration |
Darkness lasted a week |
|
G |
1140 |
|
|
Kalunikus |
Subsidence |
Earth opened & 40 horsemen swallowed up Cries heard long after |
|
M |
1140 |
June |
22 |
Syria |
Aurora |
Red lances in N. Moved W. |
|
M |
1140 |
May |
12 |
Wellsbourne, England |
Tornado |
Whirlwind wrecked 40 houses Woman k. by hailstone |
|
M |
1141 |
August |
|
Syria |
Aurora |
Rays of fire in N. Bright on 2 Sept. |
|
M |
1141 |
December |
23 |
Korea |
Aurora |
Red vapour in N. at night. White rays |
|
A |
1145 |
April |
22 |
England, China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion. Seen 50 days |
|
M |
1146 |
December |
3 |
Ireland |
Gale |
Many woods destroyed |
|
M |
1147 |
|
|
Denmark |
Aurora |
Red flames in N. 1147-50 |
|
M |
1149 |
December |
|
England |
Severe winter |
Thames frozen |
|
M |
1152 |
March |
22 |
North Holland |
Lunar halo |
Circle round Moon. Cross in circle |
|
M |
1153 |
January |
26 |
Bologna, Italy |
Parhelia |
3 moons & cross, then 3 suns |
|
A |
1153 |
December |
29 |
Cambrai |
Meteor? |
'Great splendour', night, then thunder |
|
G |
1154 |
February |
15 |
Burgundy |
Earthquake |
Castle swallowed up. Deep pool left |
|
G |
1155 |
|
|
Antioch |
Earthquake |
Also Damascus, Tripoli. 2,000 k. |
|
M |
1156 |
May |
30? |
Britain |
Solar halo |
Broad blue circle at noon |
|
M |
1156 |
August |
11 |
England, France |
Floods |
Many buildings fell. Rain floods |
|
M |
1156 |
October |
|
London |
Lunar halo |
Cross appeared in Moon. Several nights |
|
G |
1156 |
November |
18 |
Syria |
Earthquake |
40 shocks at Aleppo. 'Tremendous' |
|
M |
1158 |
|
|
London |
Dessication |
Thames dried up. Also earthquake |
|
G |
1158 |
|
|
Syria |
Earthquake |
Many cities ruined, 15,000 k. |
|
M |
1158 |
August |
28 |
Ireland |
Aurora |
'Great mount of fier'. Sparkled |
|
M |
1158 |
|
|
Ireland |
Floods |
Autumn rains & floods. 23 k., Subha |
|
A |
1164 |
May |
31 |
Germany |
Meteorite |
Large mass of iron fell at Meissen |
|
M |
1164 |
September |
20 |
England |
Solar haloes |
3 circles round Sun. Then 2 suns |
|
A |
1165 |
August |
|
England |
Two comets |
Before sunrise in S. & N. |
|
M |
1165 |
August |
|
Scarborough, |
Tornado? |
Thunderstorm with 'black horse' England 'Horse' left huge prints |
|
G |
1169 |
February |
4 or 5 |
Catania, Sicily |
Earthquake |
15,000 k. Etna erupted |
|
M |
1170 |
|
|
Ireland |
Aurora? |
'Bow of burning fire' |
|
M |
1170 |
March |
|
England |
Sea flood |
Crops destroyed |
|
M |
1170 |
March |
2 |
English Channel |
Storm |
Henry II's ship 'troubled', 400 drowned |
|
G |
1170 |
June |
29 |
Europe & East |
Earthquake |
Syria, Libya, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland Great damage, many k. |
|
M |
1171 |
December |
24 |
England, Ireland |
Thunderstorm |
Lasted 2 days in Ireland |
|
A |
1171 |
December |
25 |
Europe |
'Stars' |
Two great & small fiery 'stars' in W. |
|
M |
1173 |
February |
10 |
Ireland, England |
Aurora |
Red light in N. at nigh with white rays |
|
M |
1173 |
May |
17 |
Wales |
Tornado |
Whirlwind, thunder, hail. Trees felled |
|
M |
1174 |
November |
4 |
England |
Aurora |
Red sky in N. at midnight |
|
M |
1176 |
March |
19 |
Korea |
Aurora |
Red vapour in W. at night |
|
M |
1176 |
April |
3 |
England, France |
Gale |
Trees & houses felled |
|
M |
1177 |
June |
19 |
Isle of Wight |
Coloured rain |
'Dew of blood' fell for 2 hours |
|
M |
1177 |
July |
22 |
England |
Thunderstorm |
Hail broke trees. Many 'suffocated' |
|
M |
1177 |
November |
29 |
England |
Aurora |
Burning flames at night |
|
M |
1177 |
December |
1 |
England |
Gale |
Woods & houses felled in E'ly gale |
|
M |
1178 |
January |
8 |
Lincolnshire |
Sea flood |
Men & cattle drowned |
|
A |
1178 |
June |
18 |
Kent, England |
Lunar meteor? |
'Torch' sprang from crescent Moon. Moon then turned dark |
|
A |
1179 |
August |
1 |
Europe |
'Star' |
'Star' near Sun, Venus near Moon |
|
G |
1180 |
April |
25 |
England |
Earthquake |
Throughout Midlands. Many houses fell |
|
M |
1180 |
|
|
W. Japan |
Drought |
Most rivers dried up |
|
A |
1181 |
August |
6 |
China |
Supernova |
In Cassiopeia. Bluish-red |
|
G |
1183 |
|
|
Syria |
Earthquake |
Many towns ruined, 20,000 k. |
|
M |
1184 |
February |
17 |
Loch Ce, Ireland |
Thunderstorm |
Over 80 nobles k. by lightning & flood |
|
G |
1185 |
|
|
Sicily |
Earthquake |
Cosenza destroyed. Adriatic sea wave |
|
G |
1185 |
April |
15 |
England |
Earthquake |
Lincoln Cathedral rent |
|
A |
1185 |
May |
1 |
Europe |
Solar eclipse |
'Red hot coals' on Moon. Prominences? |
|
A |
1186 |
June |
30 |
Mons, Belgium |
Meteorites |
Several stones fell. Some of 1 lb. |
|
M |
1187 |
October |
14 |
England |
Coloured rain |
Blood-rain, Derbyshire |
|
G |
1189 |
May |
4 |
Bohemia |
Earthquake |
Many buildings fell, 18 months shocks |
|
M |
1190 |
May |
|
Mainz, Germany |
Hail |
More than 100 villas devastated. Rain & floods all summer |
|
M |
1191 |
|
|
Ireland |
Gale |
Buildings & forests fell. Many k. |
|
G |
1193 |
|
|
England |
Earthquake |
Buildings & trees levelled |
|
M |
1194 |
January |
|
England |
Aurora |
Red light in NW at night, with white rays |
|
M |
1194 |
June |
24 |
England |
Halo complex |
Circles round & through Sun,'rainbow' 22° halo, parhelic circle & arc |
|
M |
1195 |
November |
|
England |
Gale |
Buildings & trees fell |
|
M |
1196 |
|
|
Paris |
Flood |
Seine flood 'swept away' all |
|
M |
1198 |
June |
24 |
England? |
Fall |
'Dew sweet as honey' fell, in Europe? |
|
M |
1198 |
July |
20 |
England |
Thunderstorms |
Lightning destroyed villages & inhabitants Hail k. birds & ruined crops |
|
A |
1198 |
November |
|
England |
Comet |
Seen 15 days |
|
M |
1199 |
|
|
Scottish border |
Floods |
Bridges swept away |