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 | ||
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