{"slug": "volcanic-eruption", "label": "Volcanic eruption", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_eruption", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7692360", "qid": "Q7692360", "description": "volcanic event", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [472, 1907], "span_label": ["472 CE", "1907 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 7}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Types of volcanic eruptions"], "related": [{"slug": "mount-vesuvius", "label": "Mount Vesuvius", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "first-bulgarian-empire", "label": "First Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bosporus", "label": "Bosporus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodoric-the-great", "label": "Theodoric the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "europe", "label": "Europe", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ecuador", "label": "Ecuador", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "solomon-islands", "label": "Solomon Islands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kamchatka-peninsula", "label": "Kamchatka Peninsula", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 472, "year_label": "472 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Mount Vesuvius erupts. During the volcanic eruption the whole of southern Europe is blanketed by ash.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350806015#Roman_Empire", "title": "472", "revid": 1350806015, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 512, "year_label": "512 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great grants citizens on Mount Vesuvius exemption from taxes, after a severe eruption in southeastern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170659#Europe", "title": "512", "revid": 1369170659, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 550, "year_label": "550 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "The last known eruption of Chimborazo (modern Ecuador) occurs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799644#Americas", "title": "550", "revid": 1340799644, "section": "Events › By place › Americas"}}, {"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Siege of Constantinople: A Bulgar relief force attacks the siege lines at Constantinople, on the west side of the Bosporus. Contemporary chroniclers report that at least 22,000–32,000 Arabs are killed during the Bulgarian attacks. Caliph Umar II is forced to lift the siege after 13 months; the Muslim army attempts to withdraw back through Anatolia, while the rest escapes by sea in the remaining vessels. The Arab fleet suffers further casualties to storms, and an eruption of the volcano of Thera. According to Arab sources 150,000 Muslims perish during the campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1570, "year_label": "1570 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362475955#Date_unknown", "title": "1570", "revid": 1362475955, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Approximate date – Volcanic eruption of Tinakula in the Solomon Islands causes the island to be depopulated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360387586#Date_unknown", "title": "1840", "revid": 1360387586, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829327#January", "title": "1866", "revid": 1368829327, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1907, "year_label": "1907 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "March", "text": "c. March 28 – The volcano Ksudach erupts, in the Kamchatka Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373349351#March", "title": "1907", "revid": 1373349351, "section": "Events › March"}}]}