AD 1300-1399

  

Year

Month

Day

Location

Phenomenon

Description

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