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|
Year |
Month |
Day |
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
|
M? |
1200 (c) |
|
|
Wales |
Anomalous phen. |
Large 'human footprints' on grass Grass 'scorched as if by fire' |
|
M |
1200 |
December |
|
York, England |
Anomalous phen. |
5 'moons' seen; one 'moon' circled others 'Moons' with 'stars' |
|
G |
1201 (c) |
|
|
Middle East |
Earthquake |
Egypt, Syria. Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, &c. 1,1000,000 lives lost |
|
M |
1201 |
June |
24 |
England |
Heat & drought |
Harvest over on June 24; cont. July, Aug. |
|
M |
1201 |
June |
25 |
England |
Thunderstorm |
Violent rain caused floods. Contradicts prev. |
|
A |
1202 |
October |
19 |
Middle East? |
Meteor shower |
'Stars' shot all night |
|
M |
1203 |
|
|
London |
Lightning? |
'Birds' with fire in beaks set houses afire |
|
G |
1204 |
|
|
Mediterranean |
Earthquake |
East ,Sicily ,Asia Minor. Tyre walls fell |
|
M |
1204 |
April |
1 |
England |
Aurora |
Red light in sky at night |
|
G |
1204 |
|
|
Java |
Earthquake |
'Bali separated from Java' |
|
M |
1205 |
January |
14 |
England |
Cold |
Cold winter,Thames froze. Frost to Mar. 22 Famine in Essex |
|
M |
1205 |
June |
23 |
England |
Thunderstorms |
'Monster stricken by lightning' at Maidstone |
|
M |
1205 |
July |
29 |
England |
Thunderstorms & tornadoes |
Trees carried away or 'twisted like rope' Many k. by lightning |
|
M |
1207 |
January |
27 |
England |
Blizzard |
Many houses fell. Deep snowdrifts |
|
M |
1207 |
|
|
Germany |
Cold |
Most travellers froze to death on the roads |
|
M |
1209 |
February |
11 |
England |
Mirage? |
'Battle of the clouds' at sunrise |
|
M |
1210 |
|
|
Perth, Scotland |
Flood |
Scots nobles drowned. Many lives lost |
|
M |
1210 |
January |
|
England |
Cold |
Severe winter to Feb.. Great snow |
|
M |
1211 |
April |
|
England |
Aurora |
Red bow in sky at night |
|
M |
1212 |
July |
30 |
France |
Coloured rain & halo cross? |
Shower of blood, Caen: 3 crosses in sky, Falaise |
|
M |
1212 |
|
|
Novgorod, Russia |
Cold |
Early frosts destroyed harvest Children sold as slaves for bread |
|
G |
1214 |
|
|
London |
Low tide |
Thames waded at Tower Sea withdrew for several miles |
|
M |
1217 |
October |
27 |
Dunstable, Eng. |
Meteor? |
'Magnificent cross' passed W. to E. |
|
G |
1218? |
|
|
Franche Comté |
Subsidence |
5,000 men engulfed. No earthquake |
|
G |
1219 |
|
|
Iceland |
Volcaano |
Submarine eruption off Näss Repp |
|
M |
1221 |
October |
18 |
London |
Gale |
Houses & woods fell. From N.E. |
|
M |
1222 |
March |
13 |
England |
Snow |
Great snow broke trees |
|
M |
1222 |
May |
22 |
Austria |
Hail |
Devastating at Salzburg. Egg-sized hail |
|
A |
1222 |
September |
28 |
Europe, China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion, 30 cubits long |
|
M |
1222 |
December |
12 |
England |
Gale |
Churches & trees fell. Sea rose |
|
G |
1222 |
December |
25 |
Lombardy |
Earthquake |
Continued 2 weeks. Much damage |
|
M |
1224 |
|
|
Ireland |
Fall |
'Strange shower' k. cattle. Nature N/S |
|
M |
1224 |
January |
1 |
England |
Gale |
Towers & churches fell |
|
M |
1225 |
June |
24 |
England |
'Snow'- soft hail? |
Great snow with lightning at Winchester |
|
G |
1227 |
|
|
France |
Rockfalls |
5,000 k. at Pays d'Aix,, winter |
|
M |
1231 |
March |
|
England |
Drought |
Dry from March to Oct. |
|
M |
1233 |
April |
8 |
Hereford, England |
Halo complex |
4 'suns', 2 half circles & a great circle, sunrise |
|
M |
1233 |
June |
|
England |
Waterspouts |
Fighting 'dragons' in air, South coast |
|
M |
1233 |
July |
11 |
England |
Floods |
Men & animals drowned. Bridges lost |
|
M |
1235 |
|
|
Venice |
Cold |
Adriatic froze. Ice bore wagons |
|
M |
1236 |
January |
|
England |
Rain & floods |
8 days of rain. Monstrous floods |
|
M |
1236 |
November |
|
E. England |
Gale & sea flood |
Great numbers drowned. Flood for 2 days |
|
M |
1236 |
|
|
Kattegat |
Ice |
Ice bridge from Norway to Jutland |
|
M |
1237 |
February |
|
France |
Flood |
Seine flood for 15 days. Also Thames |
|
A |
1237 |
September |
21 |
China |
Comet |
'Twisted & bent'. Seen 48 days |
|
A |
1239 |
June |
3 |
Europe |
Solar eclipse |
Seen Coimbra, Toledo, Montpelier, Florence |
|
M |
1240 |
|
|
Siena, Italy |
Aurora? |
Brightness like daylight at midnight |
|
G |
1240 |
|
|
Iceland |
Volcano |
Submarine eruption. Reika Näss |
|
M |
1241 |
March |
25 |
England |
Drought |
From Mar. 25 to Oct. 28. Many rivers dry |
|
A |
1243 |
July |
26 |
England |
Meteor shower |
'Stars' fell 40 at once |
|
G |
1245 |
|
|
Katla, Iceland |
Volcano |
Fields covered by cinders. Glacier-burst |
|
M |
1245 |
December |
6 |
Ireland |
Frostbite |
'Poisonous snow'. People lost toes |
|
G |
1247 |
February |
20? |
England |
Earthquake |
Shock felt from Kent to Ireland |
|
G |
1248 |
|
|
Savoy |
Avalanche |
From Mt. Grenier. Weight 400,000,000 tons |
|
G |
1249 |
November |
24 |
Cambery |
Landslide |
Many villages lost |
|
M |
1250 |
October |
1 |
North Sea |
Gale & sea flood |
Great damage, England, Holland, Flanders |
|
M |
1252 |
March |
|
England, Ireland |
Drought |
Summer heat day & night. Shannon dried up |
|
M? |
1254 |
January |
1 |
England |
Aurora? |
'Ship' in air at night at St. Albans |
|
G |
1255 |
|
|
Lombardy |
Seiches? |
Lakes & rivers rose & fell in summer |
|
G |
1256 |
|
|
Arabia |
Volcano |
Eruption near Medina |
|
M |
1258 |
|
|
Scotland |
Ball lightning? |
'Flaming globe' ; 2 villas burnt |
|
M |
1258 |
June |
24 |
England |
Rain flood |
Severn storm flood. Many drowned |
|
M |
1260 |
June |
23 |
England |
Hail |
Stones took '3 men to lift'. 'Asserted on oath' |
|
M |
1262 |
November |
7 |
Germany |
Aurora |
E. sky inflamed at dusk. Many locations |
|
M |
1263 |
July |
29 |
England |
Aurora |
'Wonderful sign' in N. sky at midnight |
|
A |
1264 |
July |
26 |
China, Europe |
Comet |
Tail extended across sky. 100 cubits long |
|
M |
1266 |
May |
30 |
England |
Halo complex |
White & 'rainbow' circle round Sun |
|
G |
1268 |
|
|
Cilicia |
Earthquake |
60,000 k. |
|
M |
1268 |
November |
30 |
Europe |
Severe winter |
Till May 25, 69. Baltic frozen |
|
M |
1269 |
|
|
Russia |
Aurora |
Armies in the sky |
|
M |
1269 |
December |
6 |
Cracow, Poland |
Aurora |
Coss-shaped brightness at twilight |
|
M |
1270 |
January |
20 |
Cracow, Poland |
Aurora |
Cross-shaped light in air at night |
|
M |
1275 |
September |
11 |
England |
Earthquake |
Churches overturned. People k. |
|
G |
1276 |
|
|
Cilath |
Earthquake |
Shocks lasted 9 hrs. Many k. |
|
M |
1277 |
January |
1 |
Cracow, Poland |
Aurora |
Great light at night. Town illuminated |
|
M |
1277 |
October |
10 |
E. England |
Rain floods |
2 day's rain & vast floods. Men & cattle k. |
|
M |
1279 |
October |
25 |
Korea |
Aurora |
Purple vapour cloud in W. sky |
|
M |
1281 |
August |
22 |
Japan |
Typhoon |
Mongol invasion fleet lost |
|
M |
1282 |
|
|
Holland |
Sea flood |
Zuider Zee formed. Tempests |
|
M |
1282 |
February |
2 |
Europe |
Severe winter |
London Bridge wrecked by ice, thaw flooded Paris Began Dec. Great snow, Austria |
|
M |
1285 |
|
|
England |
Drought |
Fatal heat |
|
M |
1287 |
December |
14 |
England, Holland |
Sea flood |
50,000 drowned, Holland, 500, East Anglia |
|
M |
1292 |
|
|
Russia |
Aurora |
'Regiments' in the air at night |
|
G |
1294 |
|
|
Hekla, Iceland |
Eruption |
Pumice reached Faeroes |
|
M |
1294 |
May |
14 |
London |
Snow |
Heavy snow fell in City |
|
M |
1295 |
March |
|
Yemen |
Hail |
Stone too big to see over. Animals k. |
|
A |
1296 |
|
|
Russia |
Possible Meteorites? tornado fell |
Dark thundering cloud, then 'stony swarm' |
|
A |
1299 |
February |
|
England |
Comet |
With radiant tail |