AD 1200-1299

 

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?