Codes: A=Astronomical event G=Geological M=Meteorological
Type | Year | Month | Day | Location | Phenomenon | Description |
G | 600 | Japan | Earthquake | Shook whole empire | ||
G | 602 | Antioch, Syria | Earthquake | 60,000 k. | ||
M | 604 | Scotland | Severe winter | 4 months' frost. Also in England | ||
A | 607 | March | 20 | China | Halley's Comet | Perihelion. Seen 100 days |
M | 608 | Mourne, Ireland | Lightning | Army of Ulidia 'struck by terrible lightning' | ||
G | 615 | August | Italy | Earthquake | Throughout Italy. Then pestilence | |
A | 616 | January | 14 | China | Meteorites | Several stones fell. 10 soldiers k. |
M | 621 | Japan | Obscuration | Sun & Moon lost brightness | ||
M | 626 | October | Syria | Obscuration | Half light of Sun lost. Darkness for 9 months | |
A | 632 | January | 22 | Mecca, Arabia | Solar eclipse | Son of Muhammad died. Annular |
M | 633 (c.) | Constantinople | Aurora? | 'Bloody spear' & 'very clear light' at night | ||
M | 634 | Ulster, Ireland | Snow | Great snow k. many. Country of Berg | ||
M | 642 | Europe | Severe winter | Black Sea frozen; snowdrifts 90 feet deep | ||
A | 650 | Wales | Comet? | 'Rising of a star' | ||
M | 661 | London | Ball lightning? | Globe of fire fell on St. Paul's & burnt roof | ||
M | 674 | March | 28 | England | Aurora | 'Rainbow' of blood tint at night |
A | 676 | July | 7 | China | Comet | Tail 30 cubits long |
G | 677 | Glasgow, Scotland | Earthquake | 'Destroyed many people and houses' | ||
A | 678 | August | England | Comet | Shone every morning for 3 months | |
M | 679 | Sussex, England | Drought | Caused 3 years' famine. St. Wilfrid's drought | ||
A | 681 | October | 17 | China | Comet | Tail 50 cubits long |
G | 684 | Sikokf, Japan | Earthquake | 5000,000 acres lost to sea. Year may be 685 | ||
M | 684 | Ireland | Cold | Lakes, rivers & sea froze | ||
M | 684 | Britain | Coloured rain | Bloody rain fell for 7 days. Uncertain year | ||
A | 684 | September | 28 | Halley's Comet | Perihelion | |
G | 685 | Ireland | Earthquake | Also a great wind | ||
M | 689 | Saxony | Fall | Rain of fish in storm | ||
M | 693 | Ireland | Rain flood | Leinster rivers flood for 3 days & 3 nights | ||
M | 695 | England | Severe winter | Thames froze 6 weeks. Cold in Europe | ||
M | 697 | Scotland | Coloured rain | 'It rained blood' | ||
M | 708 | Campania, Italy | Fall | Grain, oil & beans fell | ||
M | 714 | Wales | Aurora? | 'Nights as bright as day'. Uncertain year | ||
M | 715 (c.) | Ireland | Fall | Showers of honey, silver & blood | ||
M | 715 | June | 21 | Britain | Aurora? | Armies &, monsters in fiery sky, then storm |
M? | 718 | July | 15 | Constantinople | Hailstorm? | 'Hailstorm mixed with fire' burnt Saracen ships |
M | 720 | Wales | Heat | Very hot summer. Year 721? | ||
M | 727 | Reims, France | Aurora | Burning lances in sky before daybreak | ||
A | 729 | January | England | Comets | At sunrise & sunset. Seen 14 days | |
M | 738 | Scotland | Flood | 400 families drowned in Glasgow | ||
G | 740 | October | 26 | Asia Minor | Earthquake | Several cities ruined. Shocks lasted 11 months |
M | 744 | England? | Fall | A fall of ashes | ||
A | 744 | England | Meteors | 'Stars. shoot rapidly' | ||
M | 745 | January | 1 | Ireland, England | Aurora | 'Marvellous light' in stars. 'Fiery strokes' |
M | 745 | June | Syria | Aurora? | 3 pillars of fire in sky | |
M | 746 | Ireland | Aurora? | 'Dragons' seen in the sky | ||
G | 746 | January | 8 | Syria & Palestine | Earthquake | Great damage & many k. round Jerusalem |
A | 747 | Britain? | Meteor shower | 'Stars falling from heaven' | ||
A | 755 | November | 23 | England | Lunar eclipse | Jupiter occulted by eclipsed Moon, 7.30 pm |
M | 759 | England | Lightning? | Doncaster burnt by fire from heaven | ||
A | 760 | June | 11 | China | Halley's Comet | Perihelion. Like a great beam |
M | 761 | England | Cold | A severe winter | ||
M | 763 | Vienna, Austria | Heat | Hot summer. Springs dried up | ||
M | 763 | December | 14 | Europe | Severe winter | Black Sea frozen; snow 30 feet deep; to Mar. 16 |
M | 765 | England, Ireland | Aurora | 'Fiery strokes' in the air | ||
M | 766-770 | Middle East | Aurora | Red, green & yellow beams in the N | ||
A | 770 | Britain? | Meteor shower | 'Stars' fell from heaven | ||
A | 770 | June | 15 | China | Comet | White comet 30 cubits long |
M | 773 | England | Halo phenomenon? | Red cross in sky after sunset. Year may be 774 or 776 | ||
A | 773 | January | 17 | China | Comet | Tail extended across sky |
M | 782 | August | 2 | Ireland | Tornado? | Monastery destroyed by 'most mighty wind' |
M | 793 | Northumbria | Tornadoes? | Whirlwinds & lightnings | ||
G | 794 | Alexandria, Egypt | Earthquake | Pharos (lighthouse) fell. One of 7 Wonders | ||
M | 796 | England? | Parhelia? | 'Small globes' about Sun | ||
M | 797 (c.) | Constantinople | Obscuration | Sun darkened for 17 days. Not an eclipse | ||
M | 798 | Ireland | Snow | Men & animals died | ||
M | 800 | July | 6 & 9 | Metz, France | Summer cold | 'Freezes' on both days |
M | 800 | December | 24 | England | Gale | Great W. or S.W. wind. Cities destroyed |
G | 801 | April | 30 | Europe | Earthquake | Many buildings thrown down in Italy |
G | 802 | April | 13 | Switzerland | Earthquake | Throughout Switzerland. Then pestilence |
M | 804 | March | 17 | Ireland | Tornado? | Thunder, wind & lightning. '1010 men killed' |
M | 806 | June | 4 | Trier, Germany | Lunar halo? | Cross about the Moon. Also in A.S. Chron. |
M | 806 | August | 30 | Trier, Germany | Solar halo | Also in A.S. Chron. 'Wonderful circle' |
A | 810 | Aachen, Germany | Meteor | Bright sphere sped from E. to W.; seen by Charlemagne | ||
G | 811 | Scotland | Earthquake | Most of St. Andrews destroyed, 1,400 k. | ||
A | 817 | February | 5 | Paris | Lunar eclipse | Comet seen during eclipse. Tail like a sword |
M | 821 | September | 22 | Vienna, Austria | Snow | Lasted till Apr. 12, 822 |
M | 821 | France, Germany | Cold | Great rivers frozen 30 days | ||
A | 823 | Saxony | Meteorites | Many small stones fell | ||
G | 823 | Germany | Earthquake | Lakes changed form. With falling stars | ||
M | 824 | June | 21 (c.) | Autun, Burgundy | Ice fall | Ice mass 15 x 7 x 2 feet fell in a tempest |
M | 827 | England | Cold | Thames frozen 9 weeks | ||
M | 827 | December | 5 | Lausanne, France | Aurora | Great light in E. before dawn |
M | 829 | Europe | Cold | Severe winter. Ice on the Nile | ||
G | 835 | Antioch | Earthquake | Antioch destroyed. 'Lasted 40 days' | ||
A | 837 | February | 6 | China & Europe | Halley's Comet | Perihelion. 6,000,000 km. from Earth on April. 11 |
M | 840 | March & April | Syria | Aurora | Red 'fire' in N. sky at night. 'Short streaks of light' seen | |
A | 840 | May | 5 | Germany | Total eclipse | Louis le Debonnaire 'frightened to death' |
M | 840 | September | 24 | Syria | Aurora | 'Fiery cloud' in N. at night |
M | 841 | July | 28 | Germany | Halo complex | Three circles in sky; smallest round Sun |
G | 842 | October | 24 | France | Earthquake | 'Almost all the north of Gaul' Subterranean noise |
G | 847 | November | 24 | Middle East | Earthquake | Damascus badly damaged, 50,000 k. |
G | 849 | February | 17 | France | Earthquake | Through Gaul, also in Switzerland |
A | 852 | July | Tabaristan, Iran | Meteorite | Large white stone fell. May be August | |
M | 855 | November | 23 | Ireland | Cold | Great ice & frost till Jan. 7. Rivers & lakes froze |
M | 856 | Ireland | Gale | Very great wind. Woods felled | ||
G | 856 | December | Middle East | Earthquake | Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Iran, etc.45,000 buried in Tunis. | |
G | 858 | December | 25 | Mayence | Earthquake | Many & violent shocks by night & day |
G | 859 | Antioch, Syria | Earthquake | 1,500 houses thrown down. Pt of mountain fell into sea | ||
M | 859 | Europe | Severe winter | Over nearly all Europe. 859-60 | ||
G | 860 | Europe, Mid. East | Earthquake | 'Earth upturning' in Holland | ||
M | 860 | Mediterranean | Cold | Ionian Sea frozen. Also Adriatic | ||
M | 861 | December | 11 | Amiens, France | Aurora | 'Bloody ranks of the sky'. Sizzling sound |
G | 863 | Erivan, Armenia | Earthquake | Immense damage, many k. | ||
G | 867 | March | 4 | Mt. Tsurimi, Japan | Volcano | Eruption created Beppu hot springs |
M | 869 | France | Floods | Famine followed with cannibalism | ||
M | 870 | Worms, Germany | Heat | Summer heat so intense that reapers fell dead | ||
G | 872 | June | 21 | Dar-i-Shahr, Iran | Earthquakes | 2 shocks wrecked town, 20,000 k. |
M | 873 (c.) | Brescia, Italy | Coloured rain | Blood-rain for 3 nights | ||
M | 874 | November | Scotland | Cold winter | Great frost from Nov. to Apr., thaw brought floods | |
M | 875 | July | 3 | Saxony | Cloudburst | Aschenbrunn washed away with inhabitants |
M | 878 | Louth, Ireland | Fall | 'Lumps of gore & blood' . Wind & lightning | ||
M | 890 | January | 1 | Ireland | Aurora | Heavens on fire at night. Year may be 889 |
A | 891 | May | 12 | China | Comet | Tail 100 cubits long |
A | 892 | Ahmedabad, Iraq | Meteorites | A number of black stones fell | ||
G | 893 | Daybil, India | Earthquake | 180,000 k. | ||
M | 893 (c.) | Persia | Obscuration | Sun failed for 3 hours. Not an eclipse | ||
A | 893 | May | 6 | China | Comet | Tail 200 cubits long |
G | 894 | Erivan, Armenia | Earthquake | 20,000 k. | ||
M | 896 | Ireland | Fall? | Bread failed & vermin fell from sky | ||
M | 896 | York, England | Hail | Stones like duck eggs |