Landmarks of World History

A Chronology of Remarkable Natural Phenomena: The Dark Ages, A.D. 1 - 1000

G=Geological phenomenon M=Meteorological A=Astronomical

G 1 Mediterranean? Earthquake Great earthquake, 'whole world'
M 4 London Coloured rain Blood-rain for 5 hours
M 7 River Thames, Flood Many casualties
G 10 Cyprus Earthquake 'Great'
M 14 River Severn Flood Great damage
A 14 September 26-27 Pannonia Lunar eclipse Drusus used eclipse to quell mutiny of legions
M 15 North Sea coast Gale & sea flood Many Roman soldiers drowned in N'ly gale
M 16 July (c.) North Sea Gales Roman fleet scattered, many ships lost
G 17 Asia Minor Earthquake 12 cities wrecked
M 33 Jerusalem Day darkness At the Crucifixion: not solar eclipse
G 33 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 England Storms Rain, hail & 'strange lightning' ruined corn
M 48 England Flood Thames flood; '10,000 drowned'
M 50 (c.) November England Severe winter All rivers & lakes froze from Nov. to April
M 51 Parhelia? Three suns united into one
G 58 Germany Geological phen. Flames shot up from the ground nr. Cologne
M 60 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 Campania, Italy Tornado? Almost reached Rome. Houses destroyed
A 66 January 25 China Halley's Comet Perihelion passage
M 67 England Gale? 'Hurricane' killed many. 15,000 houses fell
G 68 England Island formed Isle of Wight separated from mainland
M 68-69 Britain Rain & droughts Famine lasted 2 years: many 1,000s died
G 70 Italy Earthquakes 'Prodigious earthquakes'.
G 79 August 24 Vesuvius, Italy Volcano Pompeii & Herculaneum overwhelmed
G 79 Cyprus Earthquake Three cities ruined
M 80 Scotland Aurora 'A burning fire' in the sky at night
M 85 (c.) Britain Aurora 'Battle in the air'
M 89 England? Coloured rain Blood-rain for 3 days
M 96 Greece Solar obscuration Sun dimmed by a rainbow-like 'wreath'
M 96 September England Storm Ground flames, Cornwall;Essex sea flood
A 98 Rome Meteor A 'burning shield' in the sky at sunset
A 102 January 7 China Comet Greenish-white, 30 cubits long
G 105 October 22 Mediterranean Earthquake Hurricane, earthquake, sea disturbance, heat
M 107 Britain Rain Heavy for 9 months, then famine
G 107 Asia, Greece Earthquake Four cities swallowed up
G 115 Syria Earthquake City of Antioch destroyed, 1,000s k,
G 121 Bavaria Earthquake 'Great'
M 130 Britain? Hail Stones 12 inches dia..
G 132 Scotland Earthquake Men & cattle swallowed
M 134 England Severe winter Thames frozen 2 months
M 139 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 England Cold A three-month frost. Thames froze
M 173 England Cold A three-month frost
A 178 September China Comet Reddish comet 60 cubits long
G 182 Smyrna Earthquake City ruined
A 185 December 7 China Supernova? Star large as 'half a mat' in Centaurus
G 186 (c.) New Zealand Volcano Taupo erupted 30 cubic km.of matter
A 188 China Sunspot 'A black vapour' in Sun. Large as a melon
A 192 October China Comet White comet 100 cubits long
M 194 Italy Aurora 'The sky was on fire' at midnight
M 200 Sardinia Fall Rain of frogs. Ground covered
G 202 Vesuvius, Italy Volcano 'Huge fire blazed up'. 'Bellowings'
M 207 Britain Hail Stones bigger than duck's eggs
M 214 England Flood River Trent overflowed 20 miles each side
A 218 April 6 China & Rome Halley's Comet Perihelion date. 'Fearful star'
M 220 England Severe winter Frost for five months
M 224 July England? Dark day A 'very dark day', Not an eclipse
M 230 (c.) London Aurorae? Armies fought in the sky. 'Imaginary'
M 230 England Severe winter Thames frozen 5 weeks. Year may be 250
M 233 Scotland Rain Rain for 7 months. Famine followed
M 234 Canterbury Gale? Storm blew down 200 houses
M 245 Lincolnshire Sea flood 1,000s of acres lost permanently to the sea
MA 249 England Coloured rain Blood rains in many places; 'bloody sword' after sunset
M 250 England Severe winter Thames frozen 9 weeks. Year 250 to 252
G 252 Mt. Etna, Sicily Volcano 9 day eruption, first for 200 years
A 252 March 25 China Comet White comet 60 cubits long
M 253 London Gale 900 houses blown down
A 253 December China Comet Tail 50 cubits long, visible 190 days
G 262 Rome, Asia Minor Earthquake Many cities inundated by sea
M 264 England? Hail Stones over 1 lb.
M 283 Persia Lightning Roman emperor M. Aurelis Carus killed
A 287 September China Comet Tail 100 cubits long
M 291 England Cold Most rivers froze 6 weeks
A 295 April 7 China Halley's Comet Perihelion passage
A 302 May China Comet Seen in the daytime
M 312 Rome Halo cross? Constantine sees cross of light above Sun
M 314 (c.) Cyprus Drought '36 years without rain'
M 324 England Coloured rain Rain of blood for 6 hours in Somerset
G 325 Campania, Italy Earthquake 12 towns destroyed round Naples
M 329 Britain Severe winter Most rivers froze 6 weeks. Deep snow in Wales
A 334 Antioch, Syria Meteor? 'Star' poured out 'smoke' for 3 hours during day
G 340 Asia Minor Earthquake 'All through the East'. 2 years of shocks
M 341 Britain Snow Snow 15 feet deep lay 6 weeks
G 344 Mediterranean Earthquake Shocks in Rhodes, Dyrrachium, Campania & Rome
M 344 Britain Hailstones 'Much bigger than hens' eggs'
M 346 Germany Rain 20 days incessant rain
M 349 England Gale 420 houss fell , Carlisle. Many k.
M 351 May 7 Jerusalem Halo complex? A cross in the sky
M 352 Scotland? Aurora? 'Fiery swords' at night became a huge flame
A 352 China Sunspot '3-legged crow' on Sun. Seen 5 days
M 353 Cheshire, England Flood Drowned 5,000 persons & many cattle
G 358 August 24 Asia Minor Earthquake Preceded by 2 hours of darkness
M 359 Scotland Cold Severe frost for 14 weeks
G 362 December 2 Nicomedia Earthquake City overthrown
M 363 Anatha, Assyria Tornado? Tents torn up. Poss. land-devil
G 365 July 22 Mediterranean Earthquake Roman world shaken by great earthquake
M 367 July 2 Constantinople Hail Stone 'filled a man's hand', many k.
G 368 'World' Earthquake Asia Minor, Greece, Sicily. Sea waves.Year 372?
A 374 February 13 China Halley's Comet Perihelion passage
A 388 China Sunspots 2 spots size of plums
A 390 August 22 China Comet White comet. Tail 100 cubits
M 393 Anomalous phen. 'Bright globes' at night merged into a 'sword'
G 394 September Europe Earthquakes Throughout Europe to November
M 394 September 5 Asia Minor? Day darkness 'Night rather than day'. Not an eclipse
G 395 September Europe Earthquakes Throughout Europe to January 396
G 396 Constantinople Earthquake Violent shocks for several days, sky seemed on fire
M 400 (c.) Europe Aurora 'Columns in the sky' for 3 days
A 400 China Comet Over 30 cubits long
M 401 Asia Minor Cold Black Sea froze over, sea ice nr. Constantinople
M 406 December France Cold Vandals cross frozen Rhine to ravage Gaul
M 410 August (c.) Rome Day darkness Gloom so that stars appeared in daytime
A 415 June 24 China Comets Two comets near Serpens
G 416 Java Volcano Volcano Kapi exploded & created Sunda Straits
A 418 July 19 Comet Seen near Sun in eclipse:tail became 100 cubits long
G 424 Cornwall. England Earthquake 'Great losses, many killed'. Must be doubtful
G 427 Constantinople Earthquake 57 towers thrown down. Year may be 447
M 436 Ireland Snow A huge snow
M 443 Europe? Winter Snow lay 6 months
M 445 England, Rome Aurora? 'Apparitions' & 'burning spears' in air. 'Mythical'
G 446 Mediterranean? Earthquake 'Earthquake lasting 6 months'
M 447? Wales Day darkness 'Days as dark as night'. Year may be 444
M 450 August 25 Constantinople Day darkness Sky dark until evening. Not an eclipse
M 451 April 3 France Aurora Red streamers after sunset
A 451 July 4 China & Europe Halley's Comet Perihelion.
A 452 Thrace Meteorites? Three large stones fell. 'Doubtful'
M 454 Central Europe Aurora 'Burning pikes' in sky
M 454 July Britain Drought Drought July to Sept., then famine
M 457 Britain Aurora? Fiery star & sword
G 458 Constantinople Fall Ashfall 'a hand-breadth thick'
G 458 September Antioch Earthquake 80,000 k.
M 459 Britain Hail Stones over 3 inches dia k. many people & cattle
M 461 France Fall Rain of blood at noon, Toulouse
A? 466 Comet?? Trumpet-shaped cloud seen 40 days
M 466 Britain Miasma Famine & 'pestiferous small in air'
M? 467 (c.) France Anthelion? Another sun after sunset
G 468 Vienna Earthquake Churches & houses fell
M 469 Constantinople Rain 4 days' rain, also in Bythinia
M 470 Scotland Rain 10 months' rain
G 472 November 5 Vesuvius, Italy Volcano 'Whole of Europe covered with fine dust'
M 474 Britain Cold 4 months' frost & great snow
A 476 I-hsi, China Meteorites? 'Thundering chariots' fell & scorched ground.
G 478 Antioch Earthquake Many k. Also at Constantinople
A 481 North Africa Meteorites 'Fiery stones' fell
M 484 Africa Drought Springs & rivers dried up. 'Africa & the Vandals'
G 494 Asia Minor Earthquake Laodicea, Hierapolis, Tripolis & Agathicus wrecked
M 497 Britain? Comet? 'Star' & fireball with 3 rays
A 499 China Sunspots 3 spots, size of peaches
M 500 October 23 Asia Minor? Day darkness Sun obscured to 8th hour. Not an eclipse
M 508 Britain Cold Rivers frozen 2 months. Uncertain year
G 512 July 8 Vesuvius, Italy Volcano Severe, with nuee ardentes
G 518 Hungary Earthquake Boiling water came from 12-foot wide fissures.
A 518 June 25 China Ball lightning? 'Red object' fell into furnace , exploded, burned houses
G 520 Wales Subsidence Cantref y Gwaelod drowned
M 523 (c.) Kent, England Aurorae? & fall 'Dragons fighting in the air' , rain of wheat & blood
M 526 England? Volcanic dust? 'A dry fog'
M 526 Antioch Tornado? Sudden wind uprooted trees
G 526 May 20 Antioch, Syria Earthquake City wrecked, 250,000 k.
G 528 November 29 Antioch, Syria Earthquake Rebuilt buildings thrown down
A 530 November 15 China & Europe Halley's Comet Perihelion
M 535 Asia Minor? Fall Blood rained from the clouds. EQ, Pompeiopolis
G 536 Vesuvius, Italy Volcano Vesuvius 'rumbled'. No eruption
M 536 Mesopotamia:Italy Obscuration Sun dimmed for 18 months, fruits did not ripen
M 536 March 24 Constantinople Obscuration Sun & Moon darkened , till June 24, 537
M 536 December China Fall Yellow dust fell 'like snow'
M 537 February 1 China Fall Rain of dust or ash
M 537 July & August Quingzou, China Summer snow Frost in July; snow in August
A 539 November 17 Byzantium,China Comet 'Swordfish'; sharp point, long tail
M? 541 France Aurora? 'Comet' so vast that sky seemed on fire
M 542 Scotland Obscuration Sun like blood at noon, sky full of stars 2 days
G 543 September 6 Mediterranean? Earthquake 'Throughout the known world'
G 545 Thrace Tsunami Wave drowned many
M 548 France Cold winter Deep snow
M 548 London Storm 250 k. Year 549?
G 552 Greece Earthquake Naupacte, Petra, Corona, etc., ruined
M 554 Europe Cold Severe winter
G 555 August 15 Asia Minor Earthquake Constantinople, Berytus & extending to Egypt
G 557 December 14 Mediterranean Earthquake Constantinople, Antioch, Rome, etc
G 562 (c.) France Flood Landslide blocked Rhône, disastrous flood
M .563 France Parhelia 3 or 4 'suns' near Sun
M 567 (c.) Italy Aurora 'Battle lines of fire' (acies igneae)
A 568 August 3 China Comet White; tail 40 cubits long, like a melon
M 569 Italy Aurora 'Fiery ranks' in the sky from which'blood' came
A 570 Bender, Arabia Meteorites Many stones fell
M 575 September France Aurora The sky burned
A 577 November 11 France Lunar event? 'A light on the Moon'. Moon was full, with halo
M 578 Paris, France Aurora 20 rays of light in N.
A 579 China Sunspot Black colour as large as hen's egg on Sun
A 580 Europe Meteors? 'Fiery meteors' traversed sky
A 580 France Exploding meteor Great light moving E., explosion heard 50 miles away
M 580 France Tornado? Storm swept area a mile across, men k.
G 580 France & Spain Earthquake Bordeaux shaken, landslides in Pyrenees
M 582 Paris, France Coloured rain Shower of blood
A 582 France Comet Tail like 'enormous beam of light'
M 582 March 29 Soissons, France Aurora Sky seemed on fire
M 583 January 31 Tours, France Ball lightning? Fireball moved through overcast sky
M 584 France Aurora Multitude of rays in N.
A 584 December France? Meteor Large fireball equal to daylight
M 585 Carignan, France Aurora Rays of light for 2 nights; luminous cloud
A 585 October 23 France? Bolide Large fireball, then detonation
G 585 Unknown Volcano? 2 'islands in the sea' consumed by fire from heaven
M 586 Constantinople Hail Men k. by stones
M 586 North Sea Floods Great storm floods
A 587 January 1 France Bolide Large fireball, then detonation
M 588 France Tornadoes? 'Snakes' dropped from clouds & village vanished
M 588 September Italy Rain & flood 2 months' rain, disastrous floods
G 588 October 31 Antioch Earthquake 60,000 k.
M 589 Durham, England Storm flood Sea swept away villages, many drowned
M 590 Italy Aurora Streamers & bloody clouds for 3 nights
A 590 France Meteors Fiery globes traversed sky
M 592 January 10 England Drought Until September
M 596 England Aurora? Armies in the sky. 'Legendary'
A 599 January 30 Arabia Meteor shower Stars flew against one another
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
M 605 Italy Drought Heat & drought caused famine
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
G 623 Unknown Volcano Huge eruption recorded in Greenland ice cores
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
A? 638 Comet? 'Naked sword in sky' for 30 days
M 642 Europe Severe winter Black Sea frozen; snowdrifts 90 feet deep
A 650 Wales Comet? 'Rising of a star'
M 652 Constantinople Fall Rain of ashes; 'fire fell from heaven'
M 661 London Ball lightning? Globe of fire fell on St. Paul's & burnt roof
M 664 Ireland Aurora? Sky was seen to burn. Hot summer.
M 672 England? Aurora 'Fire in sky' for 10 days. Year 670?
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'
G 707 Ireland Earthquakes 2 earthquakes in a week
M 708 Campania, Italy Fall Grain, oil & beans fell
G 713 March 20 Antioch Earthquake City destroyed
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'
M 748 Ireland Snow Great snow destroyed herds. Year 744? 747?
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
A 764 Japan Meteorite House struck
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 807 March 15 Germany Sunspot Large black spot visible 8 days
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 814 (c) France Sunspot Seen 7 days
A 817 February 5 Paris Lunar eclipse Comet seen during eclipse. Tail like a sword
M 817 December 25 Ireland Snow Many rivers & lakes froze. To Feb. 22
M 821 September 22 Vienna, Austria Snow Lasted till Apr. 12, 822
M 821 France, Germany Cold Great rivers frozen 30 days
A 821 Narni, Italy Meteorites Shower of stones
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'
A 840 May 28 Sunspots Observed to Aug. 28
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
M 850 Repton, England Aurora? Column of light visible 30 days
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
M 859 Europe Severe winter Over nearly all Europe. 859-60
G 859 December Antioch, Syria Earthquake 1,500 houses thrown down. Pt of mountain fell into sea
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
M 892 November 11 Ireland Gale Many trees & houses fell. Uncertain year.
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
A 900 Netherlands? Meteor shower 'Stars' flowed from sky, then tempests
A 902 October Spain Meteor shower 'Stars' fell like rain. Not same as 900
A 905 May 23 China Comet Extended across heavens
M 908 England Cold Rivers frozen 2 months
M 909 May 6 Ireland Parhelia Two suns ran together
A 912 July 19 Japan Halley's Comet Perihelion
M 912 Scotland Aurora 4 'rainbows' & fiery torches
M 917 Ireland Severe winter Great snow. Lakes frozen
M 917 Ireland Aurora? 'Mass of fire with thunder'. Uncertain year
A 919 Russia Aurora Burning sky in winter. Seen Russia to Greece
A 921 Narni, Italy Meteorites Many stones fell. Largest in river
M 922 May 11 Bulgaria Aurora Cloud like fire. 'Noises & voices'
M 923 London Cold Thames frozen 13 weeks
M 925 September 21 Egypt Bolide? Red fireball with serpentine tail
M 926 England Aurora 'Fiery lights' in N. sky. Year may be 927
M 927 Byzantium Cold Frost lasted 120 days
G 930 (c.) Eldgja, Iceland Volcano Fissure 30 km. long
M 934 Portugal Obscuration Sun lost light for months. Suddenly restored
M 934 Ireland Lightning? 'Celestial fire' burnt mountains
M 935 France Aurora 'Armies in the sky'
M 936 Belgium Obscuration Sun turned blood-red in clear sky
M 938 Ireland Obscuration Sun like blood 1½ days. Year 936?
M 941 Ireland Cold Lakes & rivers froze
M 943 Scotland Coloured spring 'Fountain of blood' stained rivers & sea, Galloway
M 944 England Gale 1,500 London houses fell . Whole of England
M 945 October 25 Ireland Aurora 'Two fiery columns' illuminated world
M 948 England Drought No rain for 3 years. 'Very doubtful'
M 949 (c.) Italy Obscuration Sun became like blood. 948-950
G 950 France, Germany Earthquakes Many shocks. Year uncertain
M 951 England Thunderstorm Southampton destroyed. Lasted 4 days
A 952 Germany Meteorite Large stone fell at Augsberg
M 955 Wales Heat Hot summer
M 956 June France Aurora? Headless dragon in sky. Tornado?
G 957 (c.) Iran Earthquake Great shock in Shahr-Rey. Earth clefts
G 958 (c.) Iran Earthquakes Many shocks resumed, 100s k.
M 960 Ireland Lightning 1100 men & beasts k. near Dublin.
M 967 (c.) Scotland Obscuration Sky darkened 6 months. 'Legend'
A 968 December 22 Constantinople Solar eclipse 'Dim & feeble glow' round Moon
M 971 Britain Storms Sky overcast for 6 months;wind & lightning. Year 971?
M 974 November 1 Europe Severe winter Until March 11, 975
A 975 August 3 England, China Comet 40 cubits long
M 978 April 14 England Aurora Fiery cloud became rays
M 979 October 28 England Aurora 'Bloody cloud' at night. Coloured beams
M 982 Greece Aurora Armies in the sky
M 987 December 22 Byzantium Cold Frost began. Lasted 120 days
M 988 (c.) Byzantium Aurora Fiery pillars in N.. Several nights
M 989 Germany Tornado At Sachsen
A 989 August 2 Europe, China Halley's Comet Perihelion
M 991 December 25 Ireland Aurora 'Burning hand' in sky at night
M 992 Ireland Storm flood Tempest submerged islanf fort in 1 hr., Wicklow
M 995 July Europe Summer cold Severe frost & ice
M 998 England Cold Thames frozen 5 weeks. 'Unhistorical'
A 998 Germany Meteorites 2 large stones fell at Magdeburg
M 999 (c.) Baghdad Cold Cold weather k. palm trees
G 1000 Cumberland Earthquake Men swallowed up
A? 1000 Britain, France Meteorites? 'It rained stones'
G 1000 March 29 Europe Earthquake No particular place specified

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