Events
Displaying events 301 - 600 of 1136 in total
ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
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2759 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 141BC Mar. | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
5477 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 140BC | Rain of fireballs associated with eruption of Etna |
5479 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 137BC | 'Fall of fire' from the sky observed in Babylon |
5482 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 137BC (Spr.) | Fireball observed from Babylon |
36 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC Apr. 9 | Circumpolar Sparkling Star in Hydra observed by Chinese |
37 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC May 28 | Sparkling star in Hercules 'as if the Sun appeared at night' observed by Babylonians, Chinese, poss. Romans |
2761 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 136BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
63 | Celestial | Comet | 136BC Sep. 22 | Comet 'spread out to unlimited size'; beginning of the reign of Attalus III |
64 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Jul. 3 | Bushy Star |
65 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Aug. 31 | Giant comet stretched across the heavens at the birth of Mithradates; entire sky 'on fire' |
2765 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 133BC Feb. 13 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2769 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 131BC | Hail of small stones falls in Babylon |
2773 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 125BC | Exploding fireball observed in Babylon |
2778 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 123BC | Bright meteor flashed from west to east |
97 | Celestial | Comet | 120BC Feb. | Comet burned brightly, filled a quarter of the heavens, sky seemed to be on fire |
2782 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 120BC Jun. 1 | A quaking from the sky during comet passage reported by Babylonians |
2783 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 119BC | White torch flashed from East to West observed in Babylon |
99 | Celestial | Comet | 119BC May 8 | Sparkling star, Long-tailed star observed in China |
1307 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 113BC | 'Night-suns’ seen in the consulship of Gaius Caccilius and Gnaeus Papirius |
2784 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 112BC Jun. 18 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2787 | Celestial | Halo | 110BC | Double halo around the sun observed in Babylon |
101 | Celestial | Comet | 110BC | Bushy Star in Gemini, Ursa Major, observed in China and Babylon |
5490 | Celestial | Halo | 108BC | Double halo around the sun associated with pestilence in Babylon |
104 | Celestial | Comet | 108BC | Bushy Star in Canis Minor, Gemini observed in China |
2792 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 106BC | Meteor followed by loud noise in the sky observed in Babylon |
2791 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 106BC Feb. 28 | Fall of fire observed in Babylon |
713 | Celestial | Comet | 104BC Jul. 19 | Comet during eclipse, Posidonius |
106 | Celestial | Comet | 102BC | Bushy Star in Bootes observed in China |
5496 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 94BC | Comet or fireball observed in Rome; whole sky 'ablaze' |
2880 | Celestial | Comet | 94BC | Comet and eclipse of Posidonius |
5501 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 91BC | Ball of fire rolled down to earth, carried from the land to the East, covered the sun |
1387 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 91BC | Possible Tunguska-like event or comet/asteroid impact in northern Italy |
1298 | Celestial | Halo | 90BC | Red halo around the sun observed from Rome |
2854 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 89BC Sep. 29 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
107 | Celestial | Comet | 87BC Aug. 10 | Comet Halley observed in Babylon and China |
1308 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 86BC | Fireball like "burning shield scattering sparks", observed in Rome |
122 | Celestial | Comet | 84BC Mar. 12 | Sparkling Star observed in China |
123 | Celestial | Comet | 83BC | Tangle Star in Hercules observed in China |
2803 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 83BC Sep. | Bright meteor observed in Babylon |
1279 | Celestial | Comet | 76BC | In the western sky, comet with a terrible glare during the consulship of Gnaeus Octavius |
400 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 74BC Apr. 7 | A large meteor in the process of breaking up is is sighted in China |
205 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jan. 27 | Bushy Star, Sparkling Star, western quarter near Venus; possible nova observed by Chinese |
207 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jul. 23 | Guest Star, Nova, observed by Chinese |
209 | Celestial | Comet | 69BC Aug. 20 | Guest Star, Comet Swift-Tuttle |
2866 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 67BC Jan. 19 | Lunar eclipse |
1441 | Celestial | Comet | 63BC | Comet: A fiery javelin stretched to the sky from the west; firebrands seen in the west in the night time |
212 | Celestial | Comet | 61BC Jul. 24 | Bushy Star, sparkling star, eastern quarter; observed in China |
669 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 56BC | A blaze of light from south to north; fireball |
697 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 52BC | A meteor from south to east |
1467 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 49BC | Solar eclipse in Rome |
1280 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC | A terrifying star during the war between Pompey and Caesar |
1466 | Celestial | Meteor | 49BC | Meteor fire on and over Rome |
213 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC Apr. 14 | Guest Star, Bushy star, Cassiopeia; observed in China |
1473 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 48BC Aug. 9 | Fiery torch, thunderbolt, seen over Caesar's camp, falls on Pompey's camp |
3084 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 4BC Mar. 13 | Lunar eclipse, death of Herod the Great |
4529 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 60AD | "Chariots and troops" appear amongst the clouds |
1710 | Celestial | Comet | 60AD | A comet is seen for an entire year |
1406 | Celestial | Comet | 60AD | A comet runs across half the sky for six months |
253 | Celestial | Comet | 79AD Mar. 22 | Vespasian's comet |
4593 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 125AD Apr. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
2329 | Celestial | Comet | 130AD | Star of Antinous |
4594 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 133AD May 6 | Lunar eclipse |
4595 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 134AD Oct. 20 | Lunar eclipse |
4596 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 136AD Mar. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
312 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 312AD | Did a meteor over central Italy in AD 312 change the course of Roman and Christian history? |
2383 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 318AD | Solar eclipse |
4168 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 333AD Dec. 25 | Heaven blazes with continuous fire on the very night after Constans is elevated to the rank of Caesar at Constantinople |
634 | Celestial | Comet | 336AD Feb. 16 | Comet of unusual size seen across the world |
880 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 346AD | Solar eclipse |
102 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 347AD | Solar eclipse |
614 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 360AD Aug. 28 | Annular Solar Eclipse of 360 |
615 | Celestial | Comet | 363AD Aug. | Comets are seen during the day, other bad omens |
639 | Celestial | Comet | 363AD Aug. 26 | A sparkling star comet is seen in Virgo, and thought to presage the death of the Roman emperor Jovian |
642 | Celestial | Comet | 390AD Aug. 22 | A Comet appears |
722 | Celestial | Comet | 400AD Mar. 19 | A comet of extraordinary magnitude |
406 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 538AD Feb. 15 | Solar eclipse |
725 | Celestial | Comet | 539AD Dec. | A comet with goodly length and very sharp at the point appears |
404 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 540AD Jun. 20 | Solar Eclipse |
4719 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 563AD Oct. 1 | The heavens seem to burn |
4718 | Celestial | Comet | 563AD Oct. 1 | A comet like a sword appears |
1220 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 563AD Oct. 3 | A solar eclipse with the sun discolored as sackcloth |
1230 | Celestial | Comet | 582AD Jan. 15 | A bright comet is seen with a long tail like smoke |
2078 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 586AD | A fiery globe falls from the sky |
2080 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 590AD | A lunar eclipse is observed in Burgundy |
2081 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 592AD Mar. 19 | A solar eclipse is observed from dawn to midday |
4259 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 595AD | Many signs are seen in the sky |
4260 | Celestial | Comet | 595AD Jan. 9 | A comet is seen |
4258 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 600AD | Fiery balls and a great number of glowing spears in the western skies |
2086 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 603AD Aug. 12 | A solar eclipse is observed when Bertoald was mayor of the palace to Theuderic |
4989 | Celestial | Comet | 607AD Feb. 28 | 1P/Halley returns |
1704 | Celestial | Comet | 607AD Oct. 21 | A comet appears - Halleys? |
2276 | Celestial | Wrath of God | 636AD Aug. 15 | Before the Battle of Yarmouk, 52.000 in the army of Heraclius die "by the sword of God" |
1550 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 664AD May 3 | Solar Eclipse of 664 |
137 | Celestial | Comet | 676AD Aug. 15 | A comet with a "pillar of radiant flame" visible for three months |
138 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 679AD | Fire from Heaven burned Coldingham, Scotland |
1759 | Celestial | Comet | 684AD Sep. 6 | Comet blamed for months of heavy rain, lightning, and deaths of many people and animals |
488 | Celestial | Comet | 729AD Jan. | Two comets appear for 14 days to the great terror of the beholders |
490 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 733AD Aug. 14 | Annular solar eclipse |
416 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 734AD Jan. 22 | Lunar Eclipse |
2285 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 740AD | Signs in the sun and the moon and in the stars appear before the death of Charles Martel |
5011 | Celestial | Comet | 768AD (Spr.) | A broom star appears in the northeast during spring |
424 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 795AD Mar. 28 | Lunar Eclipse |
426 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 802AD Dec. 19 | Lunar Eclipse at Dawn |
4400 | Celestial | Other | 806AD Jun. 3 | A cross appears in the moon |
427 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 806AD Sep. 2 | Lunar Eclipse |
430 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 809AD Jul. 16 | Solar Eclipse |
4972 | Celestial | Sun activity | 814AD | A black spot is visible on the sun |
610 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 814AD | Lunar eclipses are frequent during the last years before Charlemagne's death |
71 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 814AD | Solar eclipses are frequent during the last years before Charlemagne's death |
4953 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 817AD Feb. 5 | Eclipse of the moon |
1653 | Celestial | Comet | 817AD Feb. 5 | A comet resembling a sword is seen |
492 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 879AD | Solar Eclipse |
493 | Celestial | Comet | 892AD Apr. 25 | Hairy Star appears |
494 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 904AD | Lunar Eclipse |
496 | Celestial | Comet | 905AD Oct. 20 | A comet appears |
437 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 926AD | Fiery Lights in Northern Sky |
436 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 979AD | A blood-red object is seen in the sky with rays of various colors |
503 | Celestial | Comet | 995AD Aug. | A comet appears - Halleys? |
5171 | Environment | Drought | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, desertification |
5173 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 2300BC | Dust from unknown source |
2642 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 480BC Aug. 13 | Battle of Artemisium: 1/3 of Persian fleet destroyed by 3 day storm |
1314 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 461BC | Rained flesh that did not turn bad |
2669 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 415BC (Aut.) | Athens launches attack on Syracuse during terrible storm |
2670 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 413BC Sep. 13 | Escaping Athenians caught in torrential rain and massacred; End of the Sicilian Expedition |
2673 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 404BC (Win.) | Heavy snowstorm associated with the Battle of Phyle |
5728 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 400BC (Win.) | Extreme cold at Rome, roads blocked, Tiber frozen |
2814 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 384BC | Multiple tornados in Babylon |
5286 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 377BC | Battle of Satricum interrupted by severe rainstorm |
5209 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 373BC (Win.) | For five days before great earthquake and tsunami, creatures flee region |
2689 | Environment | Plasma Event | 368BC | Lightening and thunder from a clear sky at beginning of battle between Spartans, Arcadians and Argives |
2825 | Environment | Tornados and Watersprouts | 367BC | Tornadoes in Babylon |
2699 | Environment | Hail | 341BC | Battle of the Crimisus |
2321 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 338BC | Lightning, divine fire disrupts siege of Cydonia |
2707 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 332BC (Spr.) | During siege of Tyre sea monster tossed up by large wave |
2709 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 316BC | Great rainstorm and hail floods Rhodes, city walls collapse, 500 killed |
2843 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 285BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
5245 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 279BC | Tempest, hail, severe cold, snow, during Gallic invasion of Greece |
1320 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent Storm in the Mediterranean |
5298 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent hail storm in Babylon |
5299 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 248BC Jan. | Severe cold in Babylon |
2509 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 243BC | Severe cold in Babylon |
2728 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 238BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
2730 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 233BC Nov. | Heavy rain, flooding, severe cold in Babylon |
2731 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 227BC May | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
1325 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 223BC | Three moons visible from Italy |
1324 | Environment | Plasma Event | 223BC | "Heaven on fire"; aurora? |
510 | Environment | Plasma Event | 217BC | Javelins blazed up suddenly in the hands of astounded soldiers |
511 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 217BC | Light was suddenly withdrawn, and the Calabrian mariners, plunged in darkness |
1327 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 215BC | A cow gave birth to a horse |
648 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 204BC | Two suns seen, ring around moon |
652 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 204BC | In the temple of Juno Sospita at Lanuvium a noise was heard with a dreadful crash |
653 | Environment | Rock Falls | 204BC | Shower of stones in association with meteors, crashing sounds; fall of Magna Mater |
659 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 203BC | Roof-eating ravens, gnawing mice, locust infestation and a deformed colt |
656 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 203BC | Sun halo at Frusino |
5255 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 198BC | Haloes around the sun and moon |
388 | Environment | Plasma Event | 190BC | Thunderbolts from a clear sky strike many towns around Rome; two persons killed |
412 | Environment | Plasma Event | 190BC | Temple of Juno Lucina struck by lightning damaging a gable and the doors |
393 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 190BC | Shower of Earth from the sky |
410 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 188BC | Daytime darkness sets in at Rome |
411 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 188BC | Shower of Stones on the Aventine in Rome |
431 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 186BC | Shower of stones in Picenum |
433 | Environment | Plasma Event | 186BC | Lightning bolts, appearing in many places, had scorched the clothes of many persons by a slight blast of heat |
1288 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 174BC | Three suns seen in the consulships of Spurius Postumius and Quintus Mucius |
5327 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 168BC | At Anagnia it rained earth |
5339 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 166BC | Rained earth in Campania |
5341 | Environment | Plasma Event | 166BC | At Tarracina, three women seated in the Temple of Minerva killed by lightning; Many places at Cassinum were shattered by lightning |
5340 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 166BC | In Praenestine territory showers of blood fell |
5333 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 163BC | At Formiae two suns were seen during the day. |
5335 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 163BC | At Gabiae it rained milk |
5337 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 163BC | A tempestuous storm destroyed buildings and created carnage on the land |
5332 | Environment | Plasma Event | 163BC | Flock of goats killed by lightning |
5336 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 163BC | In Cephallenia a trumpet seemed to sound in the sky |
5331 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 163BC | Severe cold and hail in Babylon |
5476 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 147BC | Sun halos associated with comet, glowing red sky, possible comet dust |
5475 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 147BC | Unusual, repeated lightning strikes reported at Rome associated with comet and red sky |
2878 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 143BC | Heavy snowfall in Syria/Palestine during Maccabean Revolt |
5481 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 137BC (Win.) | Severe cold and hail in Babylon |
5483 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 137BC | Thunder from a clear sky near Rome |
5480 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 137BC (Win.) | Sun veiled in dust, 'looked like the moon' |
2760 | Environment | Animal Mass Death | 137BC | Mass death of cattle in Babylon; unspecified cause but associated with comet observations |
5484 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 137BC | 'Many places shattered by lightning'; praetor M. Claudius burst into flames from a thunderbolt |
5487 | Environment | Plant Prodigies | 135BC | Corn grows on trees |
2766 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 133BC | Hailstones as large as plums fall in Babylon; much lightning and thunder; associated with solar eclipse |
2775 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 125BC | Sun and moon haloes |
2774 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 125BC Nov. | Snow in Babylon; severe cold |
2776 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 124BC May | Locusts, large and numerous |
1296 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 122BC | Sun veiled in dust; haloes; darkness for several days following Etna eruption |
1289 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 118BC | Three suns seen at once during consulships of Quintus Marcius and Marcus Porcius |
1311 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 115BC | Thunderbolt strikes temple of Juno during consulship of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus |
1297 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 114BC | Halo around the sun in the consulships of Gaius Porcius and Manius Acilius |
1313 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 114BC | Sky rained milk and blood in the consulship of Manius Acilius and Gaius Porcius |
2785 | Environment | Animal Mass Death | 112BC | Cattle pestilence in Babylon |
1318 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 104BC | Clanging armour and the sounding of a trumpet were heard from the sky |
1317 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 101BC | Clanging armor, trumpet sounds from sky, Battle of Vercellae |
5495 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 94BC | Rain of stones in central Italy |
5494 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 94BC | Rain of stones near Rome |
5498 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 91BC | Rained stones for seven days in central Italy |
2799 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 91BC Feb. | Locusts in late winter in Babylon |
2895 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 88BC (Sum.) | Rain of ashes at Athens |
1309 | Environment | Plasma Event | 73BC | Town-councillor of Pompei, Marcus Herennius, struck by a thunderbolt on a fine day. |
1438 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 65BC | Many towers in Rome struck with lightning; melts statues and bronze tablets |
1442 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 63BC | Extreme heat |
1444 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 63BC | Storm at Rome tears up trees, destroys buildings, many people perished during consulship of Cicero. |
670 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 56BC | A wolf entered Rome |
673 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 56BC | A "subterranean tumult" heard in association with earthquake and fireball activity |
672 | Environment | Plasma Event | 56BC | Romans killed by thunderbolts |
1447 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 54BC | Portents in Rome: owls, dogs, wolves |
1446 | Environment | Flood | 54BC | Tiber floods for many days; many people and animals killed, many buildings destroyed in Rome |
1453 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 53BC | Fog, lightning, violent winds afflict Crassus' army in Mesopotamia |
1315 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 53BC | It rained iron the shape of sponges in Lucania |
677 | Environment | Plasma Event | 52BC | Many thunderbolts in Rome |
676 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 52BC | Many clods, stones, shards and blood went flying through the air |
1316 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 50BC | It rained wool in the vicinity of Compsa Castle; rained bricks |
1312 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 49BC | Many towers destroyed by thunderbolts in Italy during civil war |
1463 | Environment | Plasma Event | 49BC | Thunderbolts over Dyrrachium and Rome |
1464 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 49BC | Sighting of wolves and owls in Rome, animals bring forth creatures outside of their own species |
5732 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 48BC | Pergamum: noise of drums and cymbals spread throughout the city |
1475 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 48BC Aug. 9 | Bees swarming military standards in the camp of Pompey; sacrificial victims ran away |
1474 | Environment | Plant Prodigies | 48BC Aug. 9 | Palm tree shoots up at the base of Caesar's statue in Tralles |
4685 | Environment | Drought | 24BC | Perpetual droughts in Syria an Judea |
4531 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 60AD | A great quaking and sound of a great multitude is heard |
4526 | Environment | Plasma Event | 60AD | A great light at night as bright as day for half an hour |
4525 | Environment | Strong Winds | 60AD | Violent and continuous storms during visit of a comet |
4527 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 60AD | A heifer gives birth to a lamb |
1482 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD (Win.) | Storm with violent winds, rain and lightning during the siege of the Zealot Temple |
1471 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD Oct. 23 | A "divine storm" with strong wind is unleashed during the Siege of Gamala |
2260 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 110AD | The Pantheon is set on fire by lightning |
2254 | Environment | Flood | 162AD (Spr.) | Flood of the Tiber |
2265 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 188AD | Lightning destroyed the Capitol |
4512 | Environment | Drought | 305AD | Drought |
4510 | Environment | Plasma Event | 305AD | Thunderbolts |
4507 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 358AD Aug. 23 | Strange crashing wave-like sounds and noises echosed from hill-tops in Nicromedia |
4509 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 358AD Aug. 23 | Sudden heavy black clouds and intense darkness descend over Nicromedia |
4515 | Environment | Strong Winds | 358AD Aug. 23 | Typhoons, whirlwinds and violent raging storms |
4508 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 358AD Aug. 23 | A fire rages for fifty days and nights |
550 | Environment | Plasma Event | 363AD Apr. 7 | Soldier and two horses killed by lightning |
1560 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 367AD | A donkey mounts the tribunal |
505 | Environment | Plasma Event | 375AD Nov. 19 | A thunderbolt strikes Sirmium |
4941 | Environment | Flood | 400AD | Deluges of rain |
4943 | Environment | Hail | 400AD | Rock-sized hail up to eight pounds falls in many places |
4940 | Environment | Drought | 400AD | Fierce droughts and fiery whirlwinds descending from above |
335 | Environment | Flood | 525AD Apr. 22 | People drown in the great and sudden flood at Edessa |
2077 | Environment | Flood | 586AD | Deluges flood Burgundy |
2365 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 642AD | Chalon is burnt to the ground |
429 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 806AD Aug. 30 | Circle around the Sun |
612 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 814AD | A severe storm occurs at Aix-la-Chapelle palace and basilica |
4911 | Environment | Ice | 855AD (Win.) | Unusual ice-slick in Black Sea region, Bulgaria, Byzantium |
4912 | Environment | Strong Winds | 874AD | Severe storm in the Black Sea during Askold's siege of Constantinople |
4914 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 919AD (Win.) | Aurora over Kievan Rus' and Byzantium |
4915 | Environment | Strong Winds | 979AD (Sum.) | Severe thunderstorms and winds in Kievan Rus' |
4916 | Environment | Flood | 991AD | Severe flood and famine in Kievan Rus' |
4917 | Environment | Drought | 994AD | Drought in Kievan Rus' |
4918 | Environment | Flood | 1000AD | Severe flood in Kievan Rus' |
4920 | Environment | Drought | 1000AD | Severe drought in Western Europe |
4921 | Environment | Drought | 1001AD | Drought in Western Europe |
4922 | Environment | Drought | 1008AD | Drought in Kievan Rus' |
4923 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 1011AD (Win.) | Harsh winter in Kievan Rus', Europe and Northern Africa |
4924 | Environment | Flood | 1012AD | Severe floods in Western Europe |
4949 | Environment | Drought | 1014AD Apr. 5 | Drought in Germany |
4950 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 1020AD (Win.) | Harsh winter in Western Europe |
4951 | Environment | Drought | 1022AD (Sum.) | Drought in Western Europe |
4952 | Environment | Drought | 1025AD | Drought in Western Europe dries up streams and springs |
5057 | Geology | Earthquake | 4000BC | Earthquake Palestine - Jericho |
5058 | Geology | Earthquake | 3300BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5059 | Geology | Earthquake | 2700BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5060 | Geology | Earthquake | 2100BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5061 | Geology | Earthquake | 1560BC | Earthquake Palestine |
2231 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 1226BC | Mount Etna erupts |
5062 | Geology | Earthquake | 1050BC | Earthquake Palestine |
2920 | Geology | Earthquake | 680BC | Earth quaked for a whole day during Esarhaddon's reign |
2706 | Geology | Earthquake | 656BC Mar. | Earthquake recorded by Assyrians |
2512 | Geology | Earthquake | 544BC | Earthquake predicted by Pherecydes of Syros |
5063 | Geology | Earthquake | 525BC | Earthquake Palestine |
2637 | Geology | Other | 490BC | Earthquake at Delos, said to be first by Herodotus |
2644 | Geology | Earthquake | 480BC Sep. 20 | Earthquake on the day of the Battle of Salamis |
2658 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 479BC | Eruption of Mount Etna |
2646 | Geology | Tsunami | 479BC Mar. 29 | Tsunami drowns Persian army ending siege of Potidea, model for Exodus story |
2906 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 478BC | Colonists abandon island of Pithecussae due to volcanic eruptions |
1425 | Geology | Tsunami | 472BC | Following volcanic eruption on Pithecussae, the sea retreated then turned back and deluged the island. |
1426 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 472BC | Mount Epopos shot forth fire, collapse of land, great noise |
1386 | Geology | Earthquake | 464BC | Sparta destroyed by earthquake, rocks fall from mountain peaks |
2653 | Geology | Earthquake | 431BC | Earthquake at Delos warning of the beginning of the Peloponnesian War |
1398 | Geology | Earthquake | 426BC (Sum.) | Multiple earthquakes in Greece during Peloponnesian War |
5204 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 426BC Oct. | Rivers and springs stopped flowing for several days, land sinking and rising prior to Malian Gulf tsunami |
2387 | Geology | Tsunami | 426BC Oct. | Malian Gulf tsunami during Peloponnesian War |
2657 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 425BC (Spr.) | Eruption of Mount Etna |
2660 | Geology | Earthquake | 424BC Mar. 31 | Earthquake within 10 days of solar eclipse |
2663 | Geology | Earthquake | 420BC (Sum.) | Earthquake felt at Athens and Corinth while Alcibiades ranting against Spartans |
2664 | Geology | Earthquake | 414BC (Spr.) | Spartan military expedition against Argos abandoned due to earthquake |
2665 | Geology | Earthquake | 413BC (Win.) | Earthquake in Sparta |
2674 | Geology | Earthquake | 400BC | Earthquake - divine displeasure - halts invasion of Elis |
5731 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 398BC | The Alban Lake rose to an unusual height, without any rainfall or other cause; embassy sent to oracle at Delphi |
2677 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 396BC | Eruption of Mount Etna during war between Carthaginians and Syracuse |
2679 | Geology | Earthquake | 388BC | Earthquake at Argos deters invasion |
2680 | Geology | Tsunami | 373BC (Win.) | Sea rose to a vast height, a wave towering even higher drowned all the inhabitants and washed away the city of Helicê |
1217 | Geology | Earthquake | 373BC (Win.) | Earthquake at Delos just before great earthquake and tsunami |
5208 | Geology | Earthquake | 373BC (Win.) | Great earthquake; Bura disappeared in a chasm of the earth, and Helice was wiped out by a wave from the sea. |
5210 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 360BC | Volcanic eruption on the Island of Vulcano |
2701 | Geology | Earthquake | 360BC | Earthquakes Heraclea Pontica and Orphyneum |
2696 | Geology | Earthquake | 354BC | Phocian generals attempt to loot the temple at Delphi, earthquake occurs, terrifying everyone |