AD 600 - 899

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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