|
Year |
Month |
Day |
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
|
A |
1402 |
March |
21 |
Europe |
Comet |
Perihelion of great comet. Visible day & night Seen Feb. 21-Apr.10, Paris |
|
M |
1402 |
May |
25 |
Essex, England |
Tornado & ball lightning? |
'Apparition' damaged Danbury church 'Flashing of shining globes' |
|
M |
1402 |
September |
7 |
Wales |
Tornado |
King's lances thrown. Pierced armour |
|
M |
1403 |
December |
18 |
Italy |
Aurora |
Great 'inflamed globe' at night |
|
A |
1406 |
June |
16 |
English Channel |
Solar eclipse |
Alarmed French fleet |
|
M |
1407 |
|
|
England |
Severe winter |
Great frost for 25 weeks |
|
M |
1407-08 |
|
|
Europe |
Severe winter |
Norway wolves reached Jutland across ice Rivers & Swiss lakes froze |
|
A |
1408 |
October |
24 |
China |
Supernova? |
Yellow star in Niandao. Motionless |
|
M |
1416 |
|
|
Bohemia |
Coloured rain |
Red rain fell |
|
M |
1421 |
November |
18 |
Holland |
Sea flood |
72 villages lost. 10,000 drowned |
|
G |
1422 |
|
|
Eldey, Iceland |
Volcano |
Submarine eruption. Island formed |
|
G |
1427 |
March |
5 |
Amer, Spain |
Earthquake |
Every wall & house fell. No fatalities |
|
G |
1427 |
April |
2 |
Barcelona |
Earthquake |
10 or 12 shocks a day for 110 days |
|
M |
1431 |
November |
20 |
Germany |
Severe winter |
Until March 4, 1432. Rivers frozen |
|
A |
1433 |
June |
17 |
Scotland |
Solar eclipse |
'Black Hour' |
|
G |
1434 |
|
|
Hekla, Iceland |
Volcano |
Damaging ash-fall |
|
A |
1438 |
|
|
Burgos, Spain |
Meteorites |
Many vesicular stones fell |
|
A |
1439 |
March |
25 |
China |
Comet |
Tail 50 cubits long. 'Large like a ball' |
|
M |
1446 |
April |
10 |
Europe |
Storm |
Thunder, snow & cold. Sea flood k. 100,000 Germany, France, Holland |
|
M |
1453 |
|
|
Constantinople |
Aurora? |
'Dazzling light' over town all night |
|
G |
1456 |
|
|
N. Atlantic |
Submarine volcano |
Between Iceland & Greenland Temporary island formed |
|
A |
1456 |
June |
9 |
China, Europe |
Halley's Comet |
Perihelion. Prodigious tail |
|
M |
1456 |
August |
24 |
Ancona, Italy |
Tornado |
Crossed Italy W. to E.. Great damage |
|
M |
1459 |
|
|
Baltic Sea |
Ice |
Ice crossed from Denmark to Lubeck |
|
A |
1465 |
March |
|
China |
Comet |
Tail 30 cubits long |
|
A |
1472 |
February |
28 |
China, Europe |
Comet |
Great comet perihelion. Moved 40° in one day Seen in daylight |
|
M |
1473 |
|
|
England |
Hot autumn |
Harvesters died of heat |
|
M |
1478 |
|
|
England |
Hot summer |
4 months of great heat. Pestilence |
|
G |
1480 |
December |
28 |
England |
Earthquake |
Buildings thrown down. Whole country |
|
M |
1490 |
January |
10 |
Florence, Italy |
Cold winter |
River Arno froze. Tennis on ice |
|
M |
1490 |
January |
17 |
Florence, Italy |
Glazed frost |
Freezing rain broke trees |
|
A |
1490 |
February or March |
Shansi Province, |
Shansi Province, China |
Meteorites |
'Stones fell like rain' & killed over 10,000Largest size of goose eggs |
|
A |
1492 |
September |
15 |
Atlantic |
Meteor? |
'Branch of fire' fell in sea. Obs Columbus |
|
A |
1492 |
November |
7 |
Alsace |
Meteorite |
200 lb. stone, Ensisheim. After explosion |
|
M |
1493 |
January |
20 |
Florence, Italy |
Blizzard |
Streets blocked by snow. Violent wind |
|
M |
1495 |
October? |
|
Santo Domingo |
Hurricane |
Experienced by Columbus. 3 ships sunk |
|
M |
1495 |
December |
4 |
Rome |
Flood |
Great Tiber flood. Many drowned |
|
A |
1496 |
January |
26 |
Valdinoce, Italy |
Meteorites |
3 stones fell |
|
M |
1500 |
June |
29 |
Rome |
Squall & hail |
Papal palace ruined. Hail 3 ft. deep |
|
A |
1500 |
June |
|
N. Africa |
Meteor shower |
'Stars fell like rain' |