Codes: A=Astronomical event G=Geological M=Meteorological
Type | Year | Month | Day | Location | Phenomenon | Description |
G | 1 |
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| Mediterranean? | Earthquake | Great earthquake, 'whole world' |
M | 4 |
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| London | Coloured rain | Blood-rain for 5 hours |
M | 7 |
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| River Thames | Flood | Many casualties |
M | 14 |
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| River Severn | Flood | Great damage |
A | 14 | September | 26-27 | Pannonia | Lunar eclipse | Drusus used eclipse to quell mutiny of legions |
M | 15 |
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| North Sea coast | Gale & sea flood. Many Roman soldiers drowned in N'ly gale |
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M | 16 | July (c.) |
| North Sea | Gales | Roman fleet scattered, many ships lost |
G | 17 |
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| Asia Minor | Earthquake | 12 cities wrecked |
M | 33 |
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| Jerusalem | Day darkness | At the Crucifixion: not solar eclipse |
G | 33 |
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| Bithynia | Earthquake | 30,000 k. in Nicaea, at the Crucifixion |
A | 36 | August |
| China | Meteor shower | In morning |
A | 39 | March | 13 | China | Comet | Tail 30 cubits long, 'spread like tree' |
M | 40 |
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| England | Storms | Rain, hail & 'strange lightning' ruined corn |
M | 48 |
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| England | Flood | Thames flood; '10,000 drowned' |
M | 50 (c.) | November |
| England | Severe winter | All rivers & lakes froze from Nov. to April |
G | 58 |
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| Germany | Geological phen. | Flames shot up from the ground nr. Cologne |
M | 60 |
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| France, Britain | Sea floods | Great storm floods |
G | 62 | February | 5 | Campania, Italy | Earthquake | Pompeii & Herculaneum ; much damage |
A | 65 | June | 4 | China | Comet | 37 degrees long |
M | 66 |
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| Campania, Italy | Tornado? | Almost reached Rome. Houses destroyed |
A | 66 | January | 25 | China | Halley's Comet | Perihelion passage |
M | 67 |
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| England | Gale? | 'Hurricane' killed many. 15,000 houses fell |
G | 68 |
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| England | Island formed | Isle of Wight separated from mainland |
M | 68-69 |
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| Britain | Rain & droughts | Famine lasted 2 years: many 1,000s died |
G | 79 | August | 24 | Vesuvius, Italy | Volcano | Pompeii & Herculaneum overwhelmed |
M | 80 |
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| Scotland | Aurora | 'A burning fire' in the sky at night |
M | 89 |
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| England? | Coloured rain | Blood-rain for 3 days |
M | 96 |
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| Greece | Solar obscuration | Sun dimmed by a rainbow-like 'wreath' |
M | 96 | September |
| England | Storm | Ground flames, Cornwall;Essex sea flood |
A | 98 |
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| Rome | Meteor | A 'burning shield' in the sky at sunset |
A | 102 | January | 7 | China | Comet | Greenish-white, 30 cubits long |
M | 107 |
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| Britain | Rain | Heavy for 9 months, then famine |
G | 115 |
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| Syria | Earthquake | City of Antioch destroyed, 1,000s k, |
M | 130 |
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| Britain? | Hail | Stones 12 inches dia |
G | 132 |
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| Scotland | Earthquake | Men & cattle swallowed |
M | 134 |
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| England | Severe winter | Thames frozen 2 months |
M | 139 |
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| England | Drought? | Thames dried up 2 days. Cause N/S |
A | 141 | March | 22 | China | Halley's Comet | Perihelion passage. Seen in China |
M | 153 |
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| England | Cold | A three-month frost. Thames froze |
M | 173 |
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| England | Cold | A three-month frost |
A | 178 | September |
| China | Comet | Reddish comet 60 cubits long |
A | 185 | December | 7 | China | Supernova? | Star large as 'half a mat' in Centaurus |
G | 186 (c.) |
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| New Zealand | Volcano | Taupo erupted 30 cubic km.of matter |
A | 188 |
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| China | Sunspot | 'A black vapour' in Sun. Large as a melon |
A | 192 | October |
| China | Comet | White comet 100 cubits long |
M | 194 |
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| Italy | Aurora | 'The sky was on fire' at midnight |
M | 200 |
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| Sardinia | Fall | Rain of frogs. Ground covered |
G | 202 |
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| Vesuvius, Italy | Volcano | 'Huge fire blazed up'. 'Bellowings' |
M | 214 |
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| England | Flood | River Trent overflowed 20 miles each side |
A | 218 | April | 6 | China & Rome | Halley's Comet | Perihelion date. 'Fearful star' |
M | 220 |
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| England | Severe winter | Frost for five months |
M | 224 | July |
| England? | Dark day | A 'very dark day', Not an eclipse |
M | 230 (c.) |
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| London | Aurorae? | Armies fought in the sky. 'Imaginary' |
M | 230 |
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| England | Severe winter | Thames frozen 5 weeks. Year may be 250 |
M | 233 |
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| Scotland | Rain | Rain for 7 months. Famine followed |
M | 234 |
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| Canterbury | Gale? | Storm blew down 200 houses |
M | 245 |
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| Lincolnshire | Sea flood | 1,000s of acres lost permanently to the sea |
MA | 249 |
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| England | Coloured rain | Blood rains in many places; 'bloody sword' after sunset |
M | 250 |
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| England | Severe winter | Thames frozen 9 weeks. Year 250 to 252 |
G | 252 |
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| Mt. Etna, Sicily | Volcano | 9 day eruption, first for 200 years |
A | 252 | March | 25 | China | Comet | White comet 60 cubits long |
M | 253 |
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| London | Gale | 900 houses blown down |
A | 253 | December |
| China | Comet | Tail 50 cubits long, visible 190 days |
G | 262 |
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| Rome, Asia Minor | Earthquake | Many cities inundated by sea |
M | 264 |
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| England? | Hail | Stones over 1 lb. |
M | 283 |
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| Persia | Lightning | Roman emperor M. Aurelis Carus killed |
A | 287 | September |
| China | Comet | Tail 100 cubits long |
M | 291 |
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| England | Cold | Most rivers froze 6 weeks |
A | 295 | April | 7 | China | Halley's Comet | Perihelion passage |