|
Year |
Month |
Day |
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
|
G |
1300 |
July |
10 |
Hekla, Iceland |
Volcano |
Ash caused much damage. Lasted a year |
|
A |
1301 |
October |
23 |
Europe, China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion. Tail 70° long |
|
G |
1302 |
|
|
Ischia, Italy |
Volcano |
Lava flow for 2 months. Also Vesuvius |
|
G |
1303 |
August |
8 |
Egypt, Syria |
Earthquake |
Sea wave flooded Alexandria |
|
A |
1304 |
October |
1 |
Saale, Saxony |
Meteorites |
Several stones fell |
|
M |
1305 |
|
|
England |
Hot summer |
Burning heat & drought. Hay failed |
|
M |
1306 |
|
|
Japan? |
Coloured rain |
Orange rain k. many men & cattle |
|
M |
1308 |
|
|
China |
Droughts, floods |
1st of many disasters. Famine, plague |
|
M |
1308 |
|
|
Italy |
Aurora? |
'Great flame' after sunset from N. to S. |
|
M |
1313 |
|
|
China |
Drought |
Whole empire desolated |
|
M |
1315 |
|
|
Europe |
Rain |
Incessant rains followed by famine Polish poor ate hanged bodies |
|
M |
1316 |
|
|
England |
Rain & floods |
2 years' heavy rain. Famine k. 1,000s |
|
M |
1317 |
November |
19 |
Dublin, Ireland |
Gale |
Houses prostrated |
|
M |
1318 |
|
|
China |
Flood |
'Multitudes drowned' |
|
G |
1319 |
|
|
Armenia |
Earthquake |
Many towns ruined |
|
M |
1321 |
|
|
Ho-nan, China |
Drought |
Famine followed |
|
M |
1323 |
|
|
Denmark |
Severe winter |
S. Baltic frozen |
|
M |
1324 |
|
|
China |
Earthquakes |
Droughts, floods, locusts. Again in 1327 |
|
M |
1325 |
|
|
England |
Ho summer |
Drought; springs failed. Many cattle died |
|
G |
1328 |
December |
1 |
Rome, etc. |
Earthquake |
Norcia ruined. 5,000 k. |
|
M |
1330 |
|
|
China |
Floods |
Harvest ruined, famine |
|
G |
1332 |
|
|
Iceland |
Submarine volcano |
Eruption between Iceland & Greenland |
|
M |
1332 |
|
|
China |
Floods |
Rain & floods k. 7 million |
|
M |
1333 |
|
|
China |
Drought, floods |
4000,000 k. in floods.. Famine |
|
M |
1333 |
|
|
Baltic |
Ice |
Solid ice from Denmark to Prussia |
|
M |
1334 |
|
|
China |
Drought, floods |
Famine & floods k. 13 million in S. provinces |
|
G |
1334 |
|
|
China |
Earthquake |
Created lake 100 leagues in circumference |
|
G |
1335 |
May |
15 |
Mugello, Italy |
Earthquake |
Great landslide followed. R. Arno disturbed |
|
A? |
1339 |
July |
13 |
Silesia |
Meteorites? |
300 'thunderbolts' fell in storm |
|
G |
1341 |
May |
19 |
Hekla, Iceland |
Volcano |
Ash k. much livestock |
|
M |
1342 |
|
|
Vienna, Austria |
Flood |
Danube flood; 6,000 drowned |
|
G |
1343 |
|
|
Hekla, Iceland |
Volcano |
11 farms destroyed |
|
G |
1344 |
|
|
China |
Earthquake |
Great tract inundated. Seismic sea wave |
|
G |
1344 |
|
|
Drontheim, Norway |
River burst |
R. Gaulen vanished & reappeared in flood, 250 drowned, 48 farms lost |
|
M |
1345 |
July |
|
Italy |
Rain |
Lasted 6 months. Then famine |
|
M |
1347 |
|
|
Ho-tong, China |
Drought |
Many died |
|
M |
1347 |
January |
25 |
Italy |
Aurora? |
'Immense vapour' in N. |
|
M |
1347 |
|
|
Cyprus |
Earthquake |
Sea wave swept island. Much damage |
|
M |
1348 |
|
|
Iceland |
Severe winter |
Sea froze round Iceland |
|
G |
1348 |
January |
25 |
Italy |
Earthquake |
Italy shaken from Naples to Venice Felt Germany, Greece |
|
M |
1354 |
|
|
Italy |
Aurora |
Sky burned many hours |
|
G |
1356 |
October |
18 |
Basle |
Earthquake |
Castles & churches fell |
|
G |
1356 |
|
|
Ireland |
Earthquake |
'Great loss of people' |
|
M |
1359 |
February |
9 |
Florence, Italy |
Aurora |
'Inflamed vapour' at night.. 'Like a bridge' |
|
M |
1360 |
May |
8 |
Chartres, France |
Hailstorm |
'Thousands perished' |
|
M |
1360 |
September |
13 |
Austria |
Aurora |
4 'fiery rainbows' in N. at night |
|
M |
1361 |
February |
25 |
England |
Aurora |
'Cloud like fire' at night |
|
M |
1361 |
May |
27 |
Boulogne, France |
Halo cross? |
'Bloody cross' in sky all day; fell into sea Blood-rain in Burgundy, May |
|
G |
1361 |
December |
27 |
Sienna, Italy |
Earthquake |
Many buildings fell. 7 great shocks |
|
G |
1362 |
|
|
Oraefajokull, Iceland |
Volcano |
Subglacial eruption destroyed 30 farms & 17 churches |
M |
1362 |
January |
13 |
Britain |
Gale |
'St. Maury's Wind'. Great S.W. storm |
|
M |
1363 |
September |
16 |
Europe |
Severe winter |
Terrible frost Sept.-April. Rhine frozen |
|
M |
1366 |
January |
12 |
England |
Aurora |
Red sky in E. at night. Red & white rays |
|
A |
1366 |
October |
22 |
Portugal |
Meteor shower |
'Stars' fell thickly |
|
A |
1368 |
|
|
Germany |
Meteorite |
Mass of iron fell at Oldenburg |
|
M |
1368 |
October |
|
St. Denis, France |
Tornado? |
Trees torn up by roots, church hit by thunderbolt. 'Crows' with fire in beaks |
|
A |
1369 |
|
|
China |
Meteorite? |
'Star' fell in river. Fire started |
|
M |
1370 |
|
|
Russia |
Aurora |
Red sky at night. Pillars in sky |
|
M |
1371 |
October |
5 |
Vicenzo, Italy |
Aurora |
'Inflamed smoke' at night. Great light |
|
G |
1372 |
|
|
Iceland |
Submarine volcano |
Eruption between Iceland & Greenland Formed temporary island |
|
G |
1372 |
|
|
Arragon, Spain |
Earthquake |
'Terrible earthquakes'. Mountains fell |
|
A |
1373 |
May |
|
China |
Comets |
3 comets seen |
|
M |
1375 |
May |
10 |
Italy |
Aurora |
Burning fire at night. Moved N. to S. |
|
A |
1378 |
November |
9 |
China |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion |
|
A |
1379 |
May |
26 |
Germany |
Meteorites |
Several stones fell at Minden |
|
G |
1381 |
May |
21 |
England, France |
Earthquake |
Churches thrown down. Mallet says 1382 |
|
M |
1383 |
|
|
England |
Fogs |
'Foetid fogs' spoiled fruit. Many died |
|
G |
1383 |
August |
|
Lesbos, Greece |
Earthquake |
All buildings fell. 500 k. |
|
M |
1387 |
|
|
Europe |
Hot summer |
Rhine waded at Cologne |
|
G |
1389 |
|
|
Hekla, Iceland |
Volcano |
Ash & lava flow |
|
M |
1390 |
June |
|
England |
Hot summer |
Intense heat till Sept.. Plague |
|
A |
1391 |
May |
23 |
China |
Two comets |
|
|
M |
1392 |
|
|
France |
Drought |
Ponds & rivers dry. Cattle died |
|
G |
1394 |
March |
22 |
Europe |
Earthquake |
Switzerland, France, Germany Mountains shook to summits |
|
M |
1395 |
November |
|
England |
Aurora? |
'Thing in the likeness of fire' at night Seen most of winter |
|
G |
1395 |
December |
18 |
Valencia, Spain |
Earthquake |
Many buildings fell. Many shocks |
|
M |
1399 |
July |
22 |
Bologna, Italy |
Aurora |
'Very great redness' in air |