Note: Most Before Christ (B.C.) dates are approximate, sometimes very approximate or just plain guesswork) and most of the ones that are not should be regarded as so. They have all been calculated from earlier dating sysyems, with the opportunities for mistakes and miscalculation that that involves.
Codes: A=Astronomical event G=Geological M=Meteorological
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Code |
Date BC |
Location |
Phenomenon |
Description |
Remarks |
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A |
2983 March 28 |
Scotland |
Solar eclipse |
Mr. L. MacLellan Mann claimed to have identified this eclipse from markings on a stone at Langside and Cleuch, near Glasgow. |
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|
M |
2668 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
The Age of the World, 2532. The eruption of Loch Con and Loch Techeat in this year. |
"no reliance…can be placed on the dates assigned to (these) events." (Britton) |
|
M |
2667 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Eruption of Lake Maseg. |
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|
M |
2665 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Eruption of Lake Laghlin and Lake Eachtra. |
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|
M |
2654 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
A poisonous inundation of the sea and seven lakes overflowed. |
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|
M |
2341 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Lake Arbreach and Lake Annim in Midia overflowed. |
|
|
A |
1770?
|
Unknown |
Comet? |
Venus changed colour, size, figure and track. |
Pingré,Cometographie (1783) dated this 1770 |
|
M |
1694 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Nine lakes erupted. |
|
|
M |
1690 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Ethneus in the kingdom of the Nialls erupted. |
|
|
M |
1629 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Nine lakes erupted. |
|
|
G |
1606 |
Israel |
Earthquake |
An earthquake on Mount Sinai. "Accompanied by thunder and lightning; on the occasion of the delivery of the law." |
Exodus, xix. 18. |
|
G |
Between 1604 and 1586 |
Arabia |
Earthquake |
An earthquake in Arabia. Korah, Dathan and Abiram swallowed up. |
Numbers, xvi,. 31 |
|
A? |
1600 (c.) |
Israel |
Solar phen.? |
"…the standing still of the sun and moon '" |
Joshua, vi. |
|
G |
1566 |
Jericho |
Earthquake |
The walls of the city of Jericho were thrown down. |
|
|
M |
1544 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Three dark rivers erupted, Subna, Torannia and Cullan. |
|
|
A |
1495
|
Ethiopia |
Comet? |
"A terrible (comet)…was seen… in Ethiopia and Egypt, which the King who reigned in that Age named Typhon…not…a Star, but truly a Ball of Fire." |
Pliny |
|
G |
1450 (c.) |
Italy |
Earthquake |
Lacus Cimini. A city swallowed up, a lake produced in its place. |
|
|
M |
1449 |
Ireland |
Flood |
Three rivers, Flaesc, Mand and Labrand erupted. |
|
|
A |
1375 May 3 |
China |
Solar eclipse |
Uharit. ''Sun put to shame; went down in daytime'. |
|
|
A |
1140
|
Babylon |
CM |
'…a comet arose whose body was bright like the day, while from its luminous body a tail extended, like the sting of a scorpion'." |
|
|
A |
1059 (c.?) |
China |
Comet |
A broom star comet appeared with the handle… pointing east. |
|
|
M |
1031 |
Ireland |
Flood? |
Eruption of five rivers. |
|
|
M |
1023 |
Ireland |
Snow |
Huge snow with a vinous taste. |
|
|
A |
1002 |
Unknown |
Comet? |
A comet was seen in Leo (uncertain event) |
|
|
A |
963 spring |
China |
Comet |
A bushy star comet appeared in the north polar region. |
|
|
G |
900 c. |
Israel |
Earthquake |
An earthquake after Elijah had prayed for rain from heaven. |
1 Kings, xix. 11 |
|
G |
900 c. |
Italy |
Earthquake |
An earthquake at the Alban Lake in Italy. |
|
|
G |
880 |
Palestine |
Earthquake |
An earthquake in Palestine. |
(or between 880 and 870) |
|
M |
766 |
Ireland |
Fall |
Iit rained blood three days. |
|
|
A |
762 June 15 |
Palestine |
Solar eclipse |
'And on that day', said the Lord God 'I will make the sun go down at noon, and dark on the earth in broad daylight'."
|
A total solar eclipse in the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor, 762 June 15 (Oppolzer). |
|
M |
716 July 5 |
Rome |
Tornado? |
Romulus vanished in thundertorm & whirlwind |
Plutarch |
|
A |
709 July 17 |
China |
Solar eclipse |
An eclipse of the Sun occurred and it was total. |
|
|
G |
696-693 |
Sicily |
Volcano |
Mount Etna eruption(s). |
(or 456-453 BC) |
|
A? |
687? |
Israel |
Solar phen.? |
"Behold, I willl bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down." |
|
|
A |
687 March 23 |
China |
Meteor shower |
In the middle of the night stars fell like a rain." |
|
|
M |
665 |
Ireland |
Snow |
Abundance of snow. Also dated 1023 BC. |
|
|
A? |
652 c. |
Italy |
Fall |
A shower of stones on the Alban Mount |
|
|
A |
647 April 6 |
Greece |
Eclipse |
" Zeus, father of the Olympians, made night from mid-day, hiding the light of the shining sun, and sore fear came upon men."
|
Toal solar eclipse in the Mediterranean, 647 BC April 6 (Oppolzer) |
|
A |
633 |
China |
Comet |
A broom star comet appeared in Auriga |
|
|
A |
616 |
China |
Meteorite |
Meteorite fall k. 10 men, broke several chariots |
|
|
A |
613 autumn |
China |
Comet |
A broom star comet entered the constellation of the Great Bear.
|
|
|
M? |
611 |
Africa |
Fall |
A rain of 'pitch' fell on North Africa between Tripoli and Cyrene |
|
|
A |
601 Sept.12 |
China
|
Solar eclipse |
Ying (?). A total eclipse of the Sun was observed. |
|
|
G |
595 |
China |
Earthquake |
An earthquake in China. |
|
|
A |
585 May 28 |
Asia Minor |
Solar eclipse |
"This eclipse, which (ended the) war between the Medes and the Lydians…during a battle, 'day was suddenly turned into night' " |
Herodotus |
|
A |
556 (c.)
|
Greece |
Obscuration |
"The King of the Persians beseiged (Larissa)…But a cloud (νεφέλη) covered the Sun and caused it to disappear completely." |
Herodotus |
|
G |
550 |
Greece |
Earthquake |
An earthquake in Lacedamon. A portion of Mount Taygetus thrown down. |
(or between this date and 530) |
|
A |
549 June 12 |
China |
Solar eclipse |
Chu-fu. A total eclipse of the Sun was observed. |
|
|
M |
538 |
Ireland |
Snow |
"Raigned snow continually that year". Also dated 1023 BC. |
|
|
A |
532 spring |
China |
Comet? |
A new star was seen in Aquarius. |
|
|
A |
525 winter |
China |
Comet |
A bushy star comet appeared near Antares. |
|
|
A |
516 |
China |
Comet |
A broom star comet |
|
|
M |
506 |
Ireland |
Flood |
Eruption of Lake Melgius. |