Codes: A=Astronomical event G=Geological M=Meteorological
Type | Year | Month | Day | Location | Phenomenon | Description |
M? | 1200 (c) |
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| Wales | Anomalous phen. | Large 'human footprints' on grass Grass 'scorched as if by fire' |
M | 1200 | December |
| York, England | Anomalous phen. | 5 'moons' seen; one 'moon' circled others 'Moons' with 'stars' |
G | 1201 (c) |
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| Middle East | Earthquake | Egypt, Syria. Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, &c. 1,1000,000 lives lost |
M | 1201 | June | 24 | England | Heat & drought | Harvest over on June 24; cont. July, Aug. |
M | 1201 | June | 25 | England | Thunderstorm | Violent rain caused floods. Contradicts prev. |
A | 1202 | October | 19 | Middle East? | Meteor shower | 'Stars' shot all night |
M | 1203 |
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| London | Lightning? | 'Birds' with fire in beaks set houses afire |
G | 1204 |
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| Mediterranean | Earthquake | East ,Sicily ,Asia Minor. Tyre walls fell |
M | 1204 | April | 1 | England | Aurora | Red light in sky at night |
G | 1204 |
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| Java | Earthquake | 'Bali separated from Java' |
M | 1205 | January | 14 | England | Cold | Cold winter,Thames froze. Frost to Mar. 22 Famine in Essex |
M | 1205 | June | 23 | England | Thunderstorms | 'Monster stricken by lightning' at Maidstone |
M | 1205 | July | 29 | England | Thunderstorms & tornadoes | Trees carried away or 'twisted like rope' Many k. by lightning |
M | 1207 | January | 27 | England | Blizzard | Many houses fell. Deep snowdrifts |
M | 1207 |
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| Germany | Cold | Most travellers froze to death on the roads |
M | 1209 | February | 11 | England | Mirage? | 'Battle of the clouds' at sunrise |
M | 1210 |
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| Perth, Scotland | Flood | Scots nobles drowned. Many lives lost |
M | 1210 | January |
| England | Cold | Severe winter to Feb.. Great snow |
M | 1211 | April |
| England | Aurora | Red bow in sky at night |
M | 1212 | July | 30 | France | Coloured rain & halo cross? | Shower of blood, Caen: 3 crosses in sky, Falaise |
M | 1212 |
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| Novgorod, Russia | Cold | Early frosts destroyed harvest Children sold as slaves for bread |
G | 1214 |
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| London | Low tide | Thames waded at Tower Sea withdrew for several miles |
M | 1217 | October | 27 | Dunstable, Eng. | Meteor? | 'Magnificent cross' passed W. to E. |
G | 1218? |
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| Franche Comté | Subsidence | 5,000 men engulfed. No earthquake |
G | 1219 |
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| Iceland | Volcaano | Submarine eruption off Näss Repp |
M | 1221 | October | 18 | London | Gale | Houses & woods fell. From N.E. |
M | 1222 | March | 13 | England | Snow | Great snow broke trees |
M | 1222 | May | 22 | Austria | Hail | Devastating at Salzburg. Egg-sized hail |
A | 1222 | September | 28 | Europe, China | Halley's Comet | Perihelion, 30 cubits long |
M | 1222 | December | 12 | England | Gale | Churches & trees fell. Sea rose |
G | 1222 | December | 25 | Lombardy | Earthquake | Continued 2 weeks. Much damage |
M | 1224 |
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| Ireland | Fall | 'Strange shower' k. cattle. Nature N/S |
M | 1224 | January | 1 | England | Gale | Towers & churches fell |
M | 1225 | June | 24 | England | 'Snow'- soft hail? | Great snow with lightning at Winchester |
G | 1227 |
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| France | Rockfalls | 5,000 k. at Pays d'Aix,, winter |
M | 1231 | March |
| England | Drought | Dry from March to Oct. |
M | 1233 | April | 8 | Hereford, England | Halo complex | 4 'suns', 2 half circles & a great circle, sunrise |
M | 1233 | June |
| England | Waterspouts | Fighting 'dragons' in air, South coast |
M | 1233 | July | 11 | England | Floods | Men & animals drowned. Bridges lost |
M | 1235 |
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| Venice | Cold | Adriatic froze. Ice bore wagons |
M | 1236 | January |
| England | Rain & floods | 8 days of rain. Monstrous floods |
M | 1236 | November |
| E. England | Gale & sea flood | Great numbers drowned. Flood for 2 days |
M | 1236 |
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| Kattegat | Ice | Ice bridge from Norway to Jutland |
M | 1237 | February |
| France | Flood | Seine flood for 15 days. Also Thames |
A | 1237 | September | 21 | China | Comet | 'Twisted & bent'. Seen 48 days |
A | 1239 | June | 3 | Europe | Solar eclipse | Seen Coimbra, Toledo, Montpelier, Florence |
M | 1240 |
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| Siena, Italy | Aurora? | Brightness like daylight at midnight |
G | 1240 |
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| Iceland | Volcano | Submarine eruption. Reika Näss |
M | 1241 | March | 25 | England | Drought | From Mar. 25 to Oct. 28. Many rivers dry |
A | 1243 | July | 26 | England | Meteor shower | 'Stars' fell 40 at once |
G | 1245 |
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| Katla, Iceland | Volcano | Fields covered by cinders. Glacier-burst |
M | 1245 | December | 6 | Ireland | Frostbite | 'Poisonous snow'. People lost toes |
G | 1247 | February | 20? | England | Earthquake | Shock felt from Kent to Ireland |
G | 1248 |
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| Savoy | Avalanche | From Mt. Grenier. Weight 400,000,000 tons |
G | 1249 | November | 24 | Cambery | Landslide | Many villages lost |
M | 1250 | October | 1 | North Sea | Gale & sea flood | Great damage, England, Holland, Flanders |
M | 1252 | March |
| England, Ireland | Drought | Summer heat day & night. Shannon dried up |
M? | 1254 | January | 1 | England | Aurora? | 'Ship' in air at night at St. Albans |
G | 1255 |
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| Lombardy | Seiches? | Lakes & rivers rose & fell in summer |
G | 1256 |
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| Arabia | Volcano | Eruption near Medina |
M | 1258 |
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| Scotland | Ball lightning? | 'Flaming globe' ; 2 villas burnt |
M | 1258 | June | 24 | England | Rain flood | Severn storm flood. Many drowned |
M | 1260 | June | 23 | England | Hail | Stones took '3 men to lift'. 'Asserted on oath' |
M | 1262 | November | 7 | Germany | Aurora | E. sky inflamed at dusk. Many locations |
M | 1263 | July | 29 | England | Aurora | 'Wonderful sign' in N. sky at midnight |
A | 1264 | July | 26 | China, Europe | Comet | Tail extended across sky. 100 cubits long |
M | 1266 | May | 30 | England | Halo complex | White & 'rainbow' circle round Sun |
G | 1268 |
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| Cilicia | Earthquake | 60,000 k. |
M | 1268 | November | 30 | Europe | Severe winter | Till May 25, 69. Baltic frozen |
M | 1269 |
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| Russia | Aurora | Armies in the sky |
M | 1269 | December | 6 | Cracow, Poland | Aurora | Coss-shaped brightness at twilight |
M | 1270 | January | 20 | Cracow, Poland | Aurora | Cross-shaped light in air at night |
M | 1275 | September | 11 | England | Earthquake | Churches overturned. People k. |
G | 1276 |
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| Cilath | Earthquake | Shocks lasted 9 hrs. Many k. |
M | 1277 | January | 1 | Cracow, Poland | Aurora | Great light at night. Town illuminated |
M | 1277 | October | 10 | E. England | Rain floods | 2 day's rain & vast floods. Men & cattle k. |
M | 1279 | October | 25 | Korea | Aurora | Purple vapour cloud in W. sky |
M | 1281 | August | 22 | Japan | Typhoon | Mongol invasion fleet lost |
M | 1282 |
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| Holland | Sea flood | Zuider Zee formed. Tempests |
M | 1282 | February | 2 | Europe | Severe winter | London Bridge wrecked by ice, thaw flooded Paris Began Dec. Great snow, Austria |
M | 1285 |
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| England | Drought | Fatal heat |
M | 1287 | December | 14 | England, Holland | Sea flood | 50,000 drowned, Holland, 500, East Anglia |
M | 1292 |
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| Russia | Aurora | 'Regiments' in the air at night |
G | 1294 |
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| Hekla, Iceland | Eruption | Pumice reached Faeroes |
M | 1294 | May | 14 | London | Snow | Heavy snow fell in City |
M | 1295 | March |
| Yemen | Hail | Stone too big to see over. Animals k. |
A | 1296 |
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| Russia | Possible Meteorites? tornado fell | Dark thundering cloud, then 'stony swarm' |
A | 1299 | February |
| England | Comet | With radiant tail |