Volcanic eruption

volcanic event

8 dated entries naming Volcanic eruption, drawn from 8 separate years between 472 CE and 1907 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Types of volcanic eruptions in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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5th century

472Mount Vesuvius erupts. During the volcanic eruption the whole of southern Europe is blanketed by ash.source

6th century

512King Theodoric the Great grants citizens on Mount Vesuvius exemption from taxes, after a severe eruption in southeastern Italy.source
550The last known eruption of Chimborazo (modern Ecuador) occurs.source

8th century

718August 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.source

16th century

1570Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.source

19th century

1840Approximate date – Volcanic eruption of Tinakula in the Solomon Islands causes the island to be depopulated.source
1866January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.source

20th century

1907c. March 28 – The volcano Ksudach erupts, in the Kamchatka Peninsula.source