Events
Displaying events 601 - 900 of 1136 in total
ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
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4921 | Environment | Drought | 1001AD | Drought in Western Europe |
4920 | Environment | Drought | 1000AD | Severe drought in Western Europe |
4919 | Geology | Earthquake | 1000AD Mar. 29 | Severe earthquake all over the world |
4918 | Environment | Flood | 1000AD | Severe flood in Kievan Rus' |
4917 | Environment | Drought | 994AD | Drought in Kievan Rus' |
4916 | Environment | Flood | 991AD | Severe flood and famine in Kievan Rus' |
4915 | Environment | Strong Winds | 979AD (Sum.) | Severe thunderstorms and winds in Kievan Rus' |
4914 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 919AD (Win.) | Aurora over Kievan Rus' and Byzantium |
4913 | Geology | Earthquake | 876AD | Earthquake in Byzantium, many towns destroyed |
4912 | Environment | Strong Winds | 874AD | Severe storm in the Black Sea during Askold's siege of Constantinople |
4911 | Environment | Ice | 855AD (Win.) | Unusual ice-slick in Black Sea region, Bulgaria, Byzantium |
4902 | Society | Human Prodigies | 390AD | A dwarf and a giant and other prodigies appear at the same time as the comet of 390 |
4808 | Society | People | 642AD | Flaochad struck down by fever |
4764 | Society | War | 636AD | Saracens kill 150,000 of Emperor Heraclius' men |
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 |
4717 | Society | War | 31BC Sep. 2 | Battle of Actium |
4686 | Society | Mass Death | 24BC | Famine leads to distempers and a pestilential disease in men |
4685 | Environment | Drought | 24BC | Perpetual droughts in Syria an Judea |
4671 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 155AD | Pestilence in Yemen |
4613 | Society | War | 250AD | War between Emperor Decius' Romans and the Goths around Philippopolis |
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 |
4593 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 125AD Apr. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
4562 | Society | Mass Death | 189AD | Up to two thousand die in Rome from last wave of the Antonine Plague in a single day |
4561 | Society | War | 632AD | The wendish Slavs raid Frankish kingdom and Thuringia |
4559 | Society | Famine | 162AD (Spr.) | Famine after flood of the Tiber |
4556 | Geology | Earthquake | 113AD | Jerome's Antioch earthquake |
4555 | Geology | Earthquake | 110AD | Earthquake in Galatia |
4553 | Geology | Earthquake | 105AD | Four cities of Asia and two of Greece overthrown by an earthquake |
4552 | Society | Human Prodigies | 66AD | "Divine fury" makes man shout "Woe, woe to Jerusalem!" |
4531 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 60AD | A great quaking and sound of a great multitude is heard |
4530 | Geology | Earthquake | 60AD | Priests experience an earthquake during sacred ministrations |
4529 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 60AD | "Chariots and troops" appear amongst the clouds |
4528 | Other | Other | 60AD | A massive, heavy gate opens all by itself |
4527 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 60AD | A heifer gives birth to a lamb |
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 |
4524 | Geology | Earthquake | 60AD | Cities are destroyed by an earthquake during visit of a comet |
4523 | Geology | Earthquake | 117AD Nov. 10 | Earthquake during Hadrian's reign |
4521 | Geology | Earthquake | 67AD (Win.) | Amazing concussions and bellowings of the earth |
4520 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 600AD | King Theudebert's and Theuderic's army lay waste the towns and districts along the Seine |
4519 | Society | Massacre | 600AD | King Chlotar's army is massacred by Kings Theudebert and Theuderic |
4518 | Geology | Earthquake | 331AD | A very severe earthquake in Salamis/Cyprus kills a considerabe number |
4517 | Society | Famine | 331AD | An extremely severe famine in the east causes lootings |
4516 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 539AD Dec. | A mighty hunnic army plunders city of Cassandria and leads away one hundred and twenty thousand captives |
4515 | Environment | Strong Winds | 358AD Aug. 23 | Typhoons, whirlwinds and violent raging storms |
4514 | Society | Famine | 305AD | Famine |
4513 | Society | Mass sickness | 305AD | Plagues |
4512 | Environment | Drought | 305AD | Drought |
4511 | Society | War | 305AD | Wars and Revolts |
4510 | Environment | Plasma Event | 305AD | Thunderbolts |
4509 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 358AD Aug. 23 | Sudden heavy black clouds and intense darkness descend over Nicromedia |
4508 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 358AD Aug. 23 | A fire rages for fifty days and nights |
4507 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 358AD Aug. 23 | Strange crashing wave-like sounds and noises echosed from hill-tops in Nicromedia |
4400 | Celestial | Other | 806AD Jun. 3 | A cross appears in the moon |
4359 | Society | War | 594AD | In a war between Franks and Bretons many fall by the sword |
4260 | Celestial | Comet | 595AD Jan. 9 | A comet is seen |
4259 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 595AD | Many signs are seen in the sky |
4258 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 600AD | Fiery balls and a great number of glowing spears in the western skies |
4257 | Geology | Other | 599AD | Fish are killed by boiling lake water in Lake of Thun |
4256 | Society | Mass sickness | 599AD | Marseilles and other cities are devastated by plague |
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 |
4167 | Society | Prodigy | 53BC | Lightning, monsters and death of politicians portend political changes |
4166 | Geology | Earthquake | 51AD | Earthquake in Apamea |
4165 | Society | Laws and legal system | 52AD | Astrologers are expelled from Italy |
4164 | Society | Mass Death | 50AD | Pestilence in a frightful winter prevents invasion of Armenia |
3084 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 4BC Mar. 13 | Lunar eclipse, death of Herod the Great |
3076 | Society | People | 100BC Jul. 12 | Gaius Julius Caesar, Birth, GJC Era |
2942 | Society | Famine | 24BC | Famine in Syria: People eat many things that did not used to be eaten |
2939 | Society | Mass Death | 29BC | A pestilential disease carries off the greatest part of the multitude |
2929 | Society | People | 333BC Mar. | Alexander solves the Gordian Knot |
2925 | Geology | Earthquake | 31BC Sep. | Earthquake kills ten to thirty thousand men and brings destruction upon cattle |
2923 | Geology | Tsunami | 144BC | Soldiers of Tryphon are drowned by a rogue wave; possible undersea landslide |
2920 | Geology | Earthquake | 680BC | Earth quaked for a whole day during Esarhaddon's reign |
2917 | Geology | Earthquake | 89BC | Earthquake at Apamea |
2916 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 226BC | Eruption of Methana volcano, Greece |
2915 | Society | War | 280BC May | Pyrrhic War |
2914 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 644BC Dec. 24 | Fireball observed in Babylon and China; falling stones |
2912 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 331BC Sep. 20 | Lunar eclipse eleven days before battle of Gaugamela |
2910 | Geology | Other | 120BC | The Cymbrian Flood; Jutland penninsula |
2907 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 350BC | Volcanic eruption, earthquakes and tsunami on the island of Pithecussae |
2906 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 478BC | Colonists abandon island of Pithecussae due to volcanic eruptions |
2905 | Geology | Earthquake | 350BC | First recorded Persian earthquake; numerous cities, 2000 villages destroyed |
2903 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 198BC | Emergence of the island Hiera; the whole sea boiled and blazed |
2902 | Geology | Earthquake | 69BC | Earthquake in Syria; a hundred and seventy thousand people, and several cities, were destroyed |
2901 | Society | Massacre | 277BC | Gallic army destroyed by furies and ghosts; Battle of Lysimachia |
2900 | Society | War | 580BC | Battle of the Sagra: Apparition of the Dioscuri |
2899 | Society | Mass Death | 396BC (Sum.) | Carthaginian plague during war against Sicily |
2898 | Geology | Earthquake | 287BC | Lysimachia destroyed by earthquake killing many residents |
2897 | Geology | Earthquake | 226BC | Major Rhodes earthquake causes colossus to collapse, three meters uplift |
2895 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 88BC (Sum.) | Rain of ashes at Athens |
2893 | Geology | Earthquake | 279BC (Win.) | Earthquake during Gallic invasion of Greece; thunderbolts and rocks fall from Parnassus |
2892 | Geology | Landslide | 563AD | A landslide causing a tsunami, 8 meters high, wipes out the old city of Geneva |
2885 | Society | Mass Death | 850BC | Olympic Games restored to end long period of war and pestilence |
2882 | Society | War | 557BC May 19 | Solar eclipse, Cyrus the Great captures Larissa |
2881 | Society | War | 612BC | Fall of Nineveh, Assyrian Empire collapses |
2880 | Celestial | Comet | 94BC | Comet and eclipse of Posidonius |
2879 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 228BC | Severe earthquake in central Greece |
2878 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 143BC | Heavy snowfall in Syria/Palestine during Maccabean Revolt |
2875 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 210BC Jul. | Meteor or fireball falls in association with a comet observed in Babylon |
2866 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 67BC Jan. 19 | Lunar eclipse |
2865 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 631BC May 24 | Lunar eclipse |
2863 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 195BC Jun. 6 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2856 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 612BC Nov. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
2855 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 327BC Jan. 14 | Meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
2854 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 89BC Sep. 29 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2852 | Society | Mass Death | 430BC (Sum.) | Plague of Athens 1st outbreak |
2848 | Society | Mass sickness | 266BC | Epidemic with many deaths in Babylon |
2846 | Society | Famine | 273BC | Famine in Babylon, people sold their children (for food?) |
2843 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 285BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
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 |
2838 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 300BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
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" |
2830 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 333BC | Fireball illuminated ground recorded by Babylonians |
2829 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 344BC Feb. | Meteor shower, fireballs and meteors |
2826 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 367BC | Very bright fireball observed in Babylon |
2825 | Environment | Tornados and Watersprouts | 367BC | Tornadoes in Babylon |
2822 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 371BC Jul. | A "fall of fire" to the ground observed in Babylon |
2821 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 373BC Jul. | A "fall of fire". Meteor shower or fireballs? Observed in Babylon |
2820 | Society | Famine | 374BC | Famine so severe people "sold" (ate?) their children in Babylon |
2816 | Society | Mass Death | 383BC Mar. | Pestilence in Babylon |
2815 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 384BC | A "fall of fire" recorded in Babylon |
2814 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 384BC | Multiple tornados in Babylon |
2811 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 419BC | Numerous fireballs over several months, possible overhead meteor explosion; observed in Babylon |
2803 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 83BC Sep. | Bright meteor observed in Babylon |
2799 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 91BC Feb. | Locusts in late winter in Babylon |
2797 | Society | Mass sickness | 94BC Jul. | Pestilence in Babylon; many deaths |
2796 | Geology | Earthquake | 94BC Jul. | Earthquake in Babylon |
2793 | Society | Mass sickness | 106BC | Pestilence in Babylon |
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 |
2790 | Society | Mass sickness | 108BC | Pestilence in Babylon affected humans and dogs |
2787 | Celestial | Halo | 110BC | Double halo around the sun observed in Babylon |
2786 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 112BC | Euphrates river turns red |
2785 | Environment | Animal Mass Death | 112BC | Cattle pestilence in Babylon |
2784 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 112BC Jun. 18 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
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 |
2778 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 123BC | Bright meteor flashed from west to east |
2776 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 124BC May | Locusts, large and numerous |
2775 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 125BC | Sun and moon haloes |
2774 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 125BC Nov. | Snow in Babylon; severe cold |
2773 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 125BC | Exploding fireball observed in Babylon |
2769 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 131BC | Hail of small stones falls in Babylon |
2766 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 133BC | Hailstones as large as plums fall in Babylon; much lightning and thunder; associated with solar eclipse |
2765 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 133BC Feb. 13 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2761 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 136BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2760 | Environment | Animal Mass Death | 137BC | Mass death of cattle in Babylon; unspecified cause but associated with comet observations |
2759 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 141BC Mar. | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
2758 | Society | Mass sickness | 144BC | Pestilence in Babylon |
2757 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 150BC Jul. 2 | Lunar eclipse |
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 |
2748 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 169BC Jul. 20 | Bright meteor/fireball observed in Babylon |
2747 | Geology | Earthquake | 171BC | Earthquake in Babylon |
2745 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 176BC | Falling fire 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 |
2735 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 211BC Jun. | Meteor shower observed in Babylon; meteor impact in China |
2731 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 227BC May | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
2730 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 233BC Nov. | Heavy rain, flooding, severe cold in Babylon |
2729 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 233BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
2728 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 238BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
2726 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 241BC Nov. 28 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2725 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 242BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
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 |
2719 | Geology | Earthquake | 252BC Feb. 19 | Earthquake followed by hailstorm 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 |
2716 | Geology | Earthquake | 303BC | Earthquakes in Ionia recorded on Parian marble, Greece |
2709 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 316BC | Great rainstorm and hail floods Rhodes, city walls collapse, 500 killed |
2708 | Geology | Tsunami | 325BC Nov. | Tsunami destroys much of Alexander's fleet in India |
2707 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 332BC (Spr.) | During siege of Tyre sea monster tossed up by large wave |
2706 | Geology | Earthquake | 656BC Mar. | Earthquake recorded by Assyrians |
2701 | Geology | Earthquake | 360BC | Earthquakes Heraclea Pontica and Orphyneum |
2700 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 331BC Oct. 1 | Fireballs, portents decide fate of Persian Empire at Battle of Gaugamela |
2699 | Environment | Hail | 341BC | Battle of the Crimisus |
2696 | Geology | Earthquake | 354BC | Phocian generals attempt to loot the temple at Delphi, earthquake occurs, terrifying everyone |
2689 | Environment | Plasma Event | 368BC | Lightening and thunder from a clear sky at beginning of battle between Spartans, Arcadians and Argives |
2688 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 369BC Apr. 11 | Solar eclipse in 35th year of Artaxerxes II, observed in Babylon |
2685 | Society | Mass Death | 379BC | Violent plague killed many Carthiginians |
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 HelicĂȘ |
2679 | Geology | Earthquake | 388BC | Earthquake at Argos deters invasion |
2678 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 394BC Aug. 14 | Solar eclipse, Spartan defeat at the Battle of Cnidus |
2677 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 396BC | Eruption of Mount Etna during war between Carthaginians and Syracuse |
2675 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 400BC Jun. 21 | Solar eclipse recorded by Ennius, reported by Cicero |
2674 | Geology | Earthquake | 400BC | Earthquake - divine displeasure - halts invasion of Elis |
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 |
2665 | Geology | Earthquake | 413BC (Win.) | Earthquake in Sparta |
2664 | Geology | Earthquake | 414BC (Spr.) | Spartan military expedition against Argos abandoned due to earthquake |
2663 | Geology | Earthquake | 420BC (Sum.) | Earthquake felt at Athens and Corinth while Alcibiades ranting against Spartans |
2661 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 425BC Oct. 9 | Lunar eclipse recorded by Aristophanes |
2660 | Geology | Earthquake | 424BC Mar. 31 | Earthquake within 10 days of solar eclipse |
2658 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 479BC | Eruption of Mount Etna |
2657 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 425BC (Spr.) | Eruption of Mount Etna |
2655 | Society | Mass Death | 426BC (Win.) | Plague of Athens 3rd outbreak |
2653 | Geology | Earthquake | 431BC | Earthquake at Delos warning of the beginning of the Peloponnesian War |
2652 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 431BC Aug. 31 | Solar eclipse explained by Pericles thereby dispelling fear of the Athenians |
2649 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 463BC Apr. 30 | Solar eclipse observed by Pindar |
2648 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 648BC Apr. 6 | Earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks |
2647 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea: apparition of Athena |
2646 | Geology | Tsunami | 479BC Mar. 29 | Tsunami drowns Persian army ending siege of Potidea, model for Exodus story |
2645 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Sep. | Roaring sound in sky, great flame of light and dust cloud |
2644 | Geology | Earthquake | 480BC Sep. 20 | Earthquake on the day of the Battle of Salamis |
2643 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Aug. | Thunderbolts and rocks fall from mountain peaks on Persian troops |
2642 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 480BC Aug. 13 | Battle of Artemisium: 1/3 of Persian fleet destroyed by 3 day storm |
2641 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Mar. | Thunder and fiery winds, many in Persian army perish |
2640 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 480BC Oct. 2 | Solar eclipse recorded by Herodotus |
2638 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon Divine Intervention |
2637 | Geology | Other | 490BC | Earthquake at Delos, said to be first by Herodotus |
2636 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 491BC Apr. 25 | Lunar eclipse, 31st year of Darius, Ptolemy |
2633 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 502BC Nov. 19 | Lunar eclipse 20th year of Darius, analyzed by Ptolemy |
2632 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 523BC Jul. 16 | Lunar eclipse 7th year of Cambyses analyzed by Ptolemy |
2627 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 567BC Mar. 12 | Sky glowing red in the West observed from Babylon |
2619 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 620BC Apr. 21 | Lunar eclipse recorded by Babylonians, analyzed by Ptolemy |
2618 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 657BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse Assyrian astrological reports |
2615 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 669BC May 17 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
2610 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 610BC Sep. 15 | Lunar eclipse |
2609 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 719BC Mar. 8 | Lunar eclipse |
2608 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 721BC Mar. 19 | Lunar eclipse |
2607 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 763BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse, key to ancient chronology |
2544 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 147BC Aug. | Comet shone brightly as fiery, reddish circle; persistently red sky; observed from Babylon to Rome |
2525 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 747BC Feb. 6 | Lunar eclipse |
2516 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 714BC Oct. 24 | Lunar eclipse, Sargon II of Assyria |
2512 | Geology | Earthquake | 544BC | Earthquake predicted by Pherecydes of Syros |
2509 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 243BC | Severe cold in Babylon |
2420 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 210BC | Historical, ice core, tree ring evidence for at least two volcanic eruptions between 212 and 200 |
2413 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 760BC | The Amos Earthquake |
2408 | Geology | Earthquake | 350BC | Earthquake at Prieni, Asia Minor; city totally destroyed |
2387 | Geology | Tsunami | 426BC Oct. | Malian Gulf tsunami during Peloponnesian War |
2383 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 318AD | Solar eclipse |
2365 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 642AD | Chalon is burnt to the ground |
2360 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 478BC Feb. 17 | Solar eclipse |
2358 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 122BC | Eruption of Mount Etna destroys city of Catania |
2357 | Society | Prodigy | 137BC Aug. | Animal prodigies observed in Rome |
2356 | Geology | Outgassing | 126BC | Fire and gases erupting from the sea off northern Sicily; many fish killed, people sickened, killed |
2355 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 135BC | Eruption of Mount Etna: 'greater fires than normal' |
2346 | Society | Mass Death | 428BC (Spr.) | Plague of Athens 2nd outbreak |
2329 | Celestial | Comet | 130AD | Star of Antinous |
2321 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 338BC | Lightning, divine fire disrupts siege of Cydonia |
2320 | Society | War | 635AD | Gascons rebell against the Franks |
2304 | Society | Mass Death | 312AD | Innumberable deaths by famine and plague |
2296 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 147BC | Wrath of God strikes Antioch; possible overhead comet explosion |
2285 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 740AD | Signs in the sun and the moon and in the stars appear before the death of Charles Martel |
2284 | Society | War | 631AD | Wends lay waste Francia and Thuringia - Saxons cease to pay tribute |
2278 | Society | Mass Death | 630AD | Bulgars are chased out of Pannonia and killed by Bavarians |
2277 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 630AD | Many Northern Italian cities are destroyed and razed |
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" |
2274 | Society | People | 628AD | Dagobert I is praised for his prosperous rule of Austrasia |
2265 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 188AD | Lightning destroyed the Capitol |
2262 | Geology | Earthquake | 178AD | Smyrna is destroyed by an earthquake |
2260 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 110AD | The Pantheon is set on fire by lightning |
2254 | Environment | Flood | 162AD (Spr.) | Flood of the Tiber |
2233 | Geology | Earthquake | 19AD | An earthquake killed more than 100,000 people |
2231 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 1226BC | Mount Etna erupts |
2200 | Geology | Earthquake | 128AD | Nicopolis and Caesarea are ruined by an earthquake |
2149 | Society | Mass Death | 333AD | An innumerable multitude perish from pestilence and famine in Syria and Cilicia |
2086 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 603AD Aug. 12 | A solar eclipse is observed when Bertoald was mayor of the palace to Theuderic |
2082 | Society | War | 593AD | Invasion of the kingdom of Chlotar with great losses |
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 |
2079 | Society | People | 588AD | Arian Goths are forced to be baptized and Arian books are burnt |
2078 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 586AD | A fiery globe falls from the sky |
2077 | Environment | Flood | 586AD | Deluges flood Burgundy |
2076 | Society | Mass sickness | 585AD | An army is defeated by sickness |
2020 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 140BC | Eruption of Mount Etna associated with fall of objects from the sky |
1881 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 5BC | An earthquake destroys old Nisa and the settlements east of Bagir |
1880 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 623AD | The wendish Slavs revolt against the Huns |
1845 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 452AD | The scourge of God and leader of the Huns Attila destroys many cities in Italy |
1805 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Storegga slide tsunami, North Sea Doggerland |
1759 | Celestial | Comet | 684AD Sep. 6 | Comet blamed for months of heavy rain, lightning, and deaths of many people and animals |
1710 | Celestial | Comet | 60AD | A comet is seen for an entire year |
1704 | Celestial | Comet | 607AD Oct. 21 | A comet appears - Halleys? |
1653 | Celestial | Comet | 817AD Feb. 5 | A comet resembling a sword is seen |
1633 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Towering ancient tsunami in Mediterranean, Etna avalanche |
1632 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 1650BC | Tempest Stele with meteorological data erected by Pharaoh Ahmose, dates eruption of Thera |
1613 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 910BC | Early construction at Rome |
1560 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 367AD | A donkey mounts the tribunal |
1550 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 664AD May 3 | Solar Eclipse of 664 |
1483 | Society | Massacre | 68AD (Spr.) | Merciless terror excerted by the Zealots: "He who survived called them that were already dead happy" |
1482 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD (Win.) | Storm with violent winds, rain and lightning during the siege of the Zealot Temple |
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 |
1473 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 48BC Aug. 9 | Fiery torch, thunderbolt, seen over Caesar's camp, falls on Pompey's camp |
1472 | Society | War | 48BC Aug. 9 | Battle of Pharsalus; Julius Caesar defeats Pompeius Magnus |
1471 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD Oct. 23 | A "divine storm" with strong wind is unleashed during the Siege of Gamala |
1467 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 49BC | Solar eclipse in Rome |
1466 | Celestial | Meteor | 49BC | Meteor fire on and over Rome |
1465 | Geology | Earthquake | 49BC | "Bellowing" earthquakes in Rome |
1464 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 49BC | Sighting of wolves and owls in Rome, animals bring forth creatures outside of their own species |
1463 | Environment | Plasma Event | 49BC | Thunderbolts over Dyrrachium and Rome |