Events
Displaying events 601 - 900 of 1136 in total
ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
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550 | Environment | Plasma Event | 363AD Apr. 7 | Soldier and two horses killed by lightning |
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 |
4512 | Environment | Drought | 305AD | Drought |
4510 | Environment | Plasma Event | 305AD | Thunderbolts |
2265 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 188AD | Lightning destroyed the Capitol |
2254 | Environment | Flood | 162AD (Spr.) | Flood of the Tiber |
2260 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 110AD | The Pantheon is set on fire by lightning |
1471 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD Oct. 23 | A "divine storm" with strong wind is unleashed during the Siege of Gamala |
1482 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD (Win.) | Storm with violent winds, rain and lightning during the siege of the Zealot Temple |
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 |
4685 | Environment | Drought | 24BC | Perpetual droughts in Syria an Judea |
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 |
5732 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 48BC | Pergamum: noise of drums and cymbals spread throughout the city |
1463 | Environment | Plasma Event | 49BC | Thunderbolts over Dyrrachium and Rome |
1312 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 49BC | Many towers destroyed by thunderbolts in Italy during civil war |
1464 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 49BC | Sighting of wolves and owls in Rome, animals bring forth creatures outside of their own species |
1316 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 50BC | It rained wool in the vicinity of Compsa Castle; rained bricks |
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 |
1315 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 53BC | It rained iron the shape of sponges in Lucania |
1453 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 53BC | Fog, lightning, violent winds afflict Crassus' army in Mesopotamia |
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 |
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 |
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. |
1438 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 65BC | Many towers in Rome struck with lightning; melts statues and bronze tablets |
1309 | Environment | Plasma Event | 73BC | Town-councillor of Pompei, Marcus Herennius, struck by a thunderbolt on a fine day. |
2895 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 88BC (Sum.) | Rain of ashes at Athens |
2799 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 91BC Feb. | Locusts in late winter in Babylon |
5498 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 91BC | Rained stones for seven days in central Italy |
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 |
1317 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 101BC | Clanging armor, trumpet sounds from sky, Battle of Vercellae |
1318 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 104BC | Clanging armour and the sounding of a trumpet were heard from the sky |
2785 | Environment | Animal Mass Death | 112BC | Cattle pestilence in Babylon |
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 |
1311 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 115BC | Thunderbolt strikes temple of Juno during consulship of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus |
1289 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 118BC | Three suns seen at once during consulships of Quintus Marcius and Marcus Porcius |
1296 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 122BC | Sun veiled in dust; haloes; darkness for several days following Etna eruption |
2776 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 124BC May | Locusts, large and numerous |
2774 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 125BC Nov. | Snow in Babylon; severe cold |
2775 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 125BC | Sun and moon haloes |
2766 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 133BC | Hailstones as large as plums fall in Babylon; much lightning and thunder; associated with solar eclipse |
5487 | Environment | Plant Prodigies | 135BC | Corn grows on trees |
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 |
2878 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 143BC | Heavy snowfall in Syria/Palestine during Maccabean Revolt |
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 |
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 |
5340 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 166BC | In Praenestine territory showers of blood fell |
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 |
5327 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 168BC | At Anagnia it rained earth |
1288 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 174BC | Three suns seen in the consulships of Spurius Postumius and Quintus Mucius |
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 |
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 |
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 |
5255 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 198BC | Haloes around the sun and moon |
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 |
653 | Environment | Rock Falls | 204BC | Shower of stones in association with meteors, crashing sounds; fall of Magna Mater |
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 |
1327 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 215BC | A cow gave birth to a horse |
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 |
1325 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 223BC | Three moons visible from Italy |
1324 | Environment | Plasma Event | 223BC | "Heaven on fire"; aurora? |
2731 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 227BC May | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
2730 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 233BC Nov. | Heavy rain, flooding, severe cold in Babylon |
2728 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 238BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
2509 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 243BC | Severe cold in Babylon |
5299 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 248BC Jan. | Severe cold in Babylon |
1320 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent Storm in the Mediterranean |
5298 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent hail storm in Babylon |
5245 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 279BC | Tempest, hail, severe cold, snow, during Gallic invasion of Greece |
2843 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 285BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
2709 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 316BC | Great rainstorm and hail floods Rhodes, city walls collapse, 500 killed |
2707 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 332BC (Spr.) | During siege of Tyre sea monster tossed up by large wave |
2321 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 338BC | Lightning, divine fire disrupts siege of Cydonia |
2699 | Environment | Hail | 341BC | Battle of the Crimisus |
2825 | Environment | Tornados and Watersprouts | 367BC | Tornadoes in Babylon |
2689 | Environment | Plasma Event | 368BC | Lightening and thunder from a clear sky at beginning of battle between Spartans, Arcadians and Argives |
5209 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 373BC (Win.) | For five days before great earthquake and tsunami, creatures flee region |
5286 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 377BC | Battle of Satricum interrupted by severe rainstorm |
2814 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 384BC | Multiple tornados in Babylon |
5728 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 400BC (Win.) | Extreme cold at Rome, roads blocked, Tiber frozen |
2673 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 404BC (Win.) | Heavy snowstorm associated with the Battle of Phyle |
2670 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 413BC Sep. 13 | Escaping Athenians caught in torrential rain and massacred; End of the Sicilian Expedition |
2669 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 415BC (Aut.) | Athens launches attack on Syracuse during terrible storm |
1314 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 461BC | Rained flesh that did not turn bad |
2642 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 480BC Aug. 13 | Battle of Artemisium: 1/3 of Persian fleet destroyed by 3 day storm |
5171 | Environment | Drought | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, desertification |
5173 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 2300BC | Dust from unknown source |
503 | Celestial | Comet | 995AD Aug. | A comet appears - Halleys? |
436 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 979AD | A blood-red object is seen in the sky with rays of various colors |
437 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 926AD | Fiery Lights in Northern Sky |
496 | Celestial | Comet | 905AD Oct. 20 | A comet appears |
494 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 904AD | Lunar Eclipse |
493 | Celestial | Comet | 892AD Apr. 25 | Hairy Star appears |
492 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 879AD | Solar Eclipse |
4953 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 817AD Feb. 5 | Eclipse of the moon |
1653 | Celestial | Comet | 817AD Feb. 5 | A comet resembling a sword is seen |
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 |
430 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 809AD Jul. 16 | Solar Eclipse |
427 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 806AD Sep. 2 | Lunar Eclipse |
4400 | Celestial | Other | 806AD Jun. 3 | A cross appears in the moon |
426 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 802AD Dec. 19 | Lunar Eclipse at Dawn |
424 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 795AD Mar. 28 | Lunar Eclipse |
5011 | Celestial | Comet | 768AD (Spr.) | A broom star appears in the northeast during spring |
2285 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 740AD | Signs in the sun and the moon and in the stars appear before the death of Charles Martel |
416 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 734AD Jan. 22 | Lunar Eclipse |
490 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 733AD Aug. 14 | Annular solar eclipse |
488 | Celestial | Comet | 729AD Jan. | Two comets appear for 14 days to the great terror of the beholders |
1759 | Celestial | Comet | 684AD Sep. 6 | Comet blamed for months of heavy rain, lightning, and deaths of many people and animals |
138 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 679AD | Fire from Heaven burned Coldingham, Scotland |
137 | Celestial | Comet | 676AD Aug. 15 | A comet with a "pillar of radiant flame" visible for three months |
1550 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 664AD May 3 | Solar Eclipse of 664 |
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" |
1704 | Celestial | Comet | 607AD Oct. 21 | A comet appears - Halleys? |
4989 | Celestial | Comet | 607AD Feb. 28 | 1P/Halley returns |
2086 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 603AD Aug. 12 | A solar eclipse is observed when Bertoald was mayor of the palace to Theuderic |
4258 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 600AD | Fiery balls and a great number of glowing spears in the western skies |
4260 | Celestial | Comet | 595AD Jan. 9 | A comet is seen |
4259 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 595AD | Many signs are seen in the sky |
2081 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 592AD Mar. 19 | A solar eclipse is observed from dawn to midday |
2080 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 590AD | A lunar eclipse is observed in Burgundy |
2078 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 586AD | A fiery globe falls from the sky |
1230 | Celestial | Comet | 582AD Jan. 15 | A bright comet is seen with a long tail like smoke |
1220 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 563AD Oct. 3 | A solar eclipse with the sun discolored as sackcloth |
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 |
404 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 540AD Jun. 20 | Solar Eclipse |
725 | Celestial | Comet | 539AD Dec. | A comet with goodly length and very sharp at the point appears |
406 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 538AD Feb. 15 | Solar eclipse |
722 | Celestial | Comet | 400AD Mar. 19 | A comet of extraordinary magnitude |
642 | Celestial | Comet | 390AD Aug. 22 | A Comet appears |
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 |
615 | Celestial | Comet | 363AD Aug. | Comets are seen during the day, other bad omens |
614 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 360AD Aug. 28 | Annular Solar Eclipse of 360 |
102 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 347AD | Solar eclipse |
880 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 346AD | Solar eclipse |
634 | Celestial | Comet | 336AD Feb. 16 | Comet of unusual size seen across the world |
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 |
2383 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 318AD | Solar eclipse |
312 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 312AD | Did a meteor over central Italy in AD 312 change the course of Roman and Christian history? |
4596 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 136AD Mar. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
4595 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 134AD Oct. 20 | Lunar eclipse |
4594 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 133AD May 6 | Lunar eclipse |
2329 | Celestial | Comet | 130AD | Star of Antinous |
4593 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 125AD Apr. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
253 | Celestial | Comet | 79AD Mar. 22 | Vespasian's comet |
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 |
3084 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 4BC Mar. 13 | Lunar eclipse, death of Herod the Great |
1473 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 48BC Aug. 9 | Fiery torch, thunderbolt, seen over Caesar's camp, falls on Pompey's camp |
213 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC Apr. 14 | Guest Star, Bushy star, Cassiopeia; observed in China |
1466 | Celestial | Meteor | 49BC | Meteor fire on and over Rome |
1467 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 49BC | Solar eclipse in Rome |
1280 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC | A terrifying star during the war between Pompey and Caesar |
697 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 52BC | A meteor from south to east |
669 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 56BC | A blaze of light from south to north; fireball |
212 | Celestial | Comet | 61BC Jul. 24 | Bushy Star, sparkling star, eastern quarter; observed in China |
1441 | Celestial | Comet | 63BC | Comet: A fiery javelin stretched to the sky from the west; firebrands seen in the west in the night time |
2866 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 67BC Jan. 19 | Lunar eclipse |
209 | Celestial | Comet | 69BC Aug. 20 | Guest Star, Comet Swift-Tuttle |
207 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jul. 23 | Guest Star, Nova, observed by Chinese |
205 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jan. 27 | Bushy Star, Sparkling Star, western quarter near Venus; possible nova observed by Chinese |
400 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 74BC Apr. 7 | A large meteor in the process of breaking up is is sighted in China |
1279 | Celestial | Comet | 76BC | In the western sky, comet with a terrible glare during the consulship of Gnaeus Octavius |
2803 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 83BC Sep. | Bright meteor observed in Babylon |
123 | Celestial | Comet | 83BC | Tangle Star in Hercules observed in China |
122 | Celestial | Comet | 84BC Mar. 12 | Sparkling Star observed in China |
1308 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 86BC | Fireball like "burning shield scattering sparks", observed in Rome |
107 | Celestial | Comet | 87BC Aug. 10 | Comet Halley observed in Babylon and China |
2854 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 89BC Sep. 29 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
1298 | Celestial | Halo | 90BC | Red halo around the sun observed from Rome |
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 |
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 |
106 | Celestial | Comet | 102BC | Bushy Star in Bootes observed in China |
713 | Celestial | Comet | 104BC Jul. 19 | Comet during eclipse, Posidonius |
2791 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 106BC Feb. 28 | Fall of fire observed in Babylon |
2792 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 106BC | Meteor followed by loud noise in the sky observed in 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 |
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 |
2784 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 112BC Jun. 18 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
1307 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 113BC | 'Night-suns’ seen in the consulship of Gaius Caccilius and Gnaeus Papirius |
99 | Celestial | Comet | 119BC May 8 | Sparkling star, Long-tailed star observed in China |
2783 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 119BC | White torch flashed from East to West observed in Babylon |
2782 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 120BC Jun. 1 | A quaking from the sky during comet passage reported by Babylonians |
97 | Celestial | Comet | 120BC Feb. | Comet burned brightly, filled a quarter of the heavens, sky seemed to be on fire |
2778 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 123BC | Bright meteor flashed from west to east |
2773 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 125BC | Exploding fireball observed in Babylon |
2769 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 131BC | Hail of small stones falls in Babylon |
2765 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 133BC Feb. 13 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
65 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Aug. 31 | Giant comet stretched across the heavens at the birth of Mithradates; entire sky 'on fire' |
64 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Jul. 3 | Bushy Star |
63 | Celestial | Comet | 136BC Sep. 22 | Comet 'spread out to unlimited size'; beginning of the reign of Attalus III |
2761 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 136BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
37 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC May 28 | Sparkling star in Hercules 'as if the Sun appeared at night' observed by Babylonians, Chinese, poss. Romans |
36 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC Apr. 9 | Circumpolar Sparkling Star in Hydra observed by Chinese |
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 |
5477 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 140BC | Rain of fireballs associated with eruption of Etna |
2759 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 141BC Mar. | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
34 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC Oct. | Broom star, Bushy star observed in China |
33 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC Aug. | Tangle Star observed in China |
32 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC May 13 | Broom Star observed in China |
2296 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 147BC | Wrath of God strikes Antioch; possible overhead comet explosion |
24 | Celestial | Comet | 148BC Apr. 29 | Comet, Bushy star; observed in China |
2757 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 150BC Jul. 2 | Lunar eclipse |
22 | Celestial | Comet | 153BC Feb. | Tailed Star Comet observed in China |
21 | Celestial | Comet | 154BC Sep. | Broom Star observed in China |
31 | Celestial | Comet | 154BC Jan. | Broom Star observed in China |
18 | Celestial | Comet | 157BC Oct. 2 | Sparkling star with "trunk laid straight" observed in Babylon and China |
16 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Sep. 5 | Comet, and meteor observed in Babylon |
17 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Feb. 6 | Comet like a celestial magnolia tree observed in China; possibly Halley's |
15 | Celestial | Comet | 163BC Sep. | Comet Halley observed from Babylon and possibly Rome |
5330 | Celestial | Halo | 163BC | Sun surrounded by halo observed from Babylon |
5334 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 163BC | The sky blazed with fire |
5329 | Celestial | Halo | 163BC | Moon surrounded by halo observed from Babylon |
2751 | Celestial | Halo | 165BC Oct. | Sun surrounded by two halos observed from Babylon |
2750 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 166BC Aug. | A torch crossed the sky; fireball observed from Babylon to Rome |
5344 | Celestial | Comet | 166BC | Sun was seen at night for some hours |
5343 | Celestial | Wrath of God | 166BC | Temple of Salus was struck from the sky |
709 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 168BC | Fireball as big as the moon seen when Paulus was engaged in the war against Perseus; At Lanuvium a blazing torch was seen in the sky |
2748 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 169BC Jul. 20 | Bright meteor/fireball observed in Babylon |
30 | Celestial | Comet | 172BC | Tailed Star Comet observed in China |
2745 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 176BC | Falling fire observed in Babylon |
2863 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 195BC Jun. 6 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2739 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 198BC | Meteor falling to ground in Babylon |
2736 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 203BC May 6 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
29 | Celestial | Comet | 204BC Aug. 14 | Sparkling or Bushy Star near Arcturus |
655 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 204BC | Shooting stars at intervals; great meteor blazed; sky lighted up at night; crashing sound |
650 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 204BC | Meteor shooting from east to west |
2875 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 210BC Jul. | Meteor or fireball falls in association with a comet observed in Babylon |
28 | Celestial | Comet | 210BC Jun. | Comet in the process of breaking up: "surrounded by stars" |
2735 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 211BC Jun. | Meteor shower observed in Babylon; meteor impact in China |
27 | Celestial | Comet | 214BC Aug. | Bright Star, Broom star in the West |
1328 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 215BC | Fire shone out at sea; possible plasma event or fireball |
513 | Celestial | Comet | 217BC | Multiple comets: bright hair of more than one comet... showed its baleful glare |
518 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 217BC | The heavens burst open with a fearful crash, and the countenance of the Thunderer was revealed. |
517 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 217BC | Bright meteors shot against Italy from the direction of Africa |
1322 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 223BC | Large fireball; light like day |
2729 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 233BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
26 | Celestial | Comet | 234BC Jan. | Broom Star, and a great fall of fire, observed in China and Babylon |
25 | Celestial | Comet | 238BC May | Broom Star stretched across the heavens, China |
9 | Celestial | Comet | 240BC May | Broom star; Comet Halley |
2726 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 241BC Nov. 28 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2725 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 242BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
399 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 245BC Feb. 14 | Innumerable large and small meteors traveled westward, China |
2723 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 248BC Jan. | Fall of fire outside of Babylonian territory observed from Babylon |
2720 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 249BC May 4 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2718 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 254BC Jan. 31 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
2717 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 256BC Sep. 16 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
2842 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 285BC | Bright meteor, and "fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
2840 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 292BC May | Bright meteor with a tail, lighted up the ground, "let loose its flame", observed by Babylonians |
2839 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 294BC | Very bright meteor with tail, fall of fire observed by Babylonians |
170 | Celestial | Comet | 296BC | Broom Star, China |
2838 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 300BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
4 | Celestial | Comet | 303BC | Broom Star, China, also recorded on the Parian marble of Greece |
61 | Celestial | Comet | 305BC | Broom Star, China |
2837 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 307BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
2836 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 309BC | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
2833 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 323BC Nov. | Fireballs recorded by Babylonians, one like a "torch" |
2855 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 327BC Jan. 14 | Meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
2700 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 331BC Oct. 1 | Fireballs, portents decide fate of Persian Empire at Battle of Gaugamela |
2912 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 331BC Sep. 20 | Lunar eclipse eleven days before battle of Gaugamela |
2830 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 333BC | Fireball illuminated ground recorded by Babylonians |