Climate & Environment

3,040 sourced entries filed under climate & environment, split by century. Each century below opens the full list for that stretch of time.

By century

A line from each of the last few centuries

  • 1556January 23 – The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China; 830,000 people may have been killed.source
  • 1667April 6 – The 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake in the Republic of Ragusa (part of modern-day Croatia) kills as many as 5,000 people, roughly one sixth of the population, and levels most of the buildings in Dubrovnik.source
  • 1756The Canadiens, suffering from smallpox and famine, are burthened with the support of their Indian allies.Canadasource
  • 1861April 14 – A major flood hits MontrealCanadasource
  • 1956February: an extraordinary wave of cold and snow, the second for intensity in the Twentieth century, strikes the whole Italy.Italysource
  • 201427 November – Several politicians, including the prime minister Mizengo Pinda, Housing Minister Anna Tibaijuka and Attorney General Frederick Werema, were exposed to be involved in the Tegeta Escrow Scandal. Tibaijuka and Werema later left their positions due to the scandal.Tanzaniasource