580
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- In Louraine, a great light is seen crossing the sky, falling to Earth with a crash heard across the countryside. The city of Bordeaux is shaken by an earthquake, villages are burned down, the city of Orleans is burned in a great fire. [521]
1163
- December 21
- Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods. [1]
1196
- December 6
- Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood". [1]
1219
- January 16
- Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed. [1]
1262
- January 28
- Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm. [1]
1421
- November 18
- Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands. [1]
1526
- February 8
- Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die. [1]
1539
- December 29
- Saint Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning. [1]
1541
- April 25
- Liege flooded after heavy down pour. [1]
1543
- March 18
- Hernan de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River). [1]
1551
- December 19
- Dutch west coast hit by hurricane. [1]
1552
- January 12
- Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed. [1]
- February 15
- Dutch coast hit by heavy storm. [1]
1558
- January 11
- Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm. [1]
1559
- March 14
- Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands. [1]
1593
- December 24
- Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed. [1]
1643
- July 5
- First recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts). [1]
1651
- March 5
- South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm. [1]
1654
- January 7
- Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Netherlands, one dies. [1]
1667
- August 27
- Earliest recorded hurricane in USA (Jamestown, Virginia). [1]
1682
- June 10
- Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3-foot diameter oak tree. [1]
1703
- November 26
- Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships. [1]
- A severe storm destroys the Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth, Devon, England, killing resident designer Mr. Winstanley. [272.623]
1709
- January 5
- Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans. [1]
1715
- July 30
- Ten Spanish treasure galleons from Cuba heading to Europe sink in a hurricane off Saint Lucie, Florida. [1] [421.68] [516.32] (11 ships, July 31 [493.73])
1717
- December 25
- Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed. [1]
1772
- August 31
- Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica. [1]
1780
- August 11
- Barbados hurricane begins. [1]
- October 10
- Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean. [1]
1784
- May 8
- Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough South Carolina). [1]
1805
- June 5
- First recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois). [1]
1812
- August 1
- A rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York. [1]
1816
- June 6
- 10 inches of snowfall in New England, USA; the "year without a summer" (due to volcano Krakatoa). [1]
1825
- February 3
- Dutch North Sea coast floods. [1]
1828
- February 18
- More than 100 vessels are destroyed in a storm, at Gibraltar. [1]
1831
- December 1
- Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather. [1]
1839
- January 6
- Two-day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind". [1]
1840
- May 7
- Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, USA, killing 317. [1]
1843
- July 2
- An alligator falls from the sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. [1]
1850
- March 29
- Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die. [1]
- May 27
- Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois destroyed by tornado. [1]
1851
- July 8
- In Oregon City, USA, eight men playing cards are killed by lightning. [819.196]
1856
- August 10
- Hurricane washes away 200-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana, USA. [1]
1857
- September 12
- 423 die when California gold-laden SS Central America sinks off Cape Romain, South Carolina, USA in a hurricane. [1] [546.36] [688.70]
1861
- February 20
- Steeple of Chichester Cathedral is blown down during a storm. [1]
- Year
- 22.99m of rain falls in Cherrapunji, Assam, during year, world record. [1]
1863
- December 4
- Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces. [1]
1864
- October 5
- Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die). [1]
1866
- January 11
- Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End, England, kills 220. [1]
1867
- October 29
- A hurricane at the British Virgin Islands sinks Royal Mail Ship Rhone, destroys Derwent and Wye, and damages Conway, Solent, and Tyne, with loss of 166 from two of the ships. [1] [269.377]
1868
- April 3
- A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50-foot tidal wave. [1]
1871
- June 13
- Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador. [1]
1873
- April 1
- British White Star passenger steamship Atlantic sinks in a storm off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 585 die. [1] [71.28]
1877
- January 30
- Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces. [1]
1879
- December 18
- The Tay Bridge in Scotland blows over in a great storm, taking evening mail train to Dundee and 76 passengers and crew. [979.647]
1880
- January 9
- 6 feet (1.8 metres) of snow falls in Seattle, Washington in five days. [1]
1881
- August 4
- In Seville, Spain, a European record hot temperature of 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) is recorded. [1] [54]
1882
- June 6
- Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000. [1]
- June 16
- 17-inch diameter hailstones weighing 1.75 pounds fall in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. [1]
- June 17
- Tornado kills 130 in Iowa, USA. [1]
1884
- February 19
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana kill 800 people. [1]
- August 28
- First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota, USA. [1] [5]
1886
- October 12
- Hurricane and sea surge kill 250 at Indianola, Texas, USA. [1]
1888
- March 11
- Great Blizzard of 1888 strikes northeast US. [1]
- March 12
- Second day of the Great Blizzard of 1888 in northeast US (400 die). [1]
- April 30
- Hailstones kill about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi, India. [1]
- July 11
- Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32 feet after 24-hour rainfall. [1]
1889
- January 16
- In Cloncurry, Queensland, an Australian record hot temperature of 128 degrees F (53 degrees C) is recorded. [1] [54]
- February 8
- Flood ravages Dutch coast. [1]
- May 31
- Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania, USA. [1]
- June 12
- Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond, Wisconsin, USA). [1]
1891
- July 5
- Hail kills six horses in Rapid City, South Dakota. [1]
1892
- February 7
- In Verkhoyansk, Russia, an Asian record cold temperature of -90 degrees F is recorded. [54]
1893
- October 1
- Third worst hurricane in US history kills 1,800 (Mississippi). [1]
1894
- December 22
- Dutch coast hit by hurricane. [1]
1895
- February 11
- -17 degrees F (-27.2 degrees C) in Braemar, Grampian (United Kingdom record). [1]
1896
- May 15
- Tornado kills 78 in Texas. [1]
- May 27
- First major tornado to strike urban US (Saint Louis and East Saint Louis, Missouri); kills 255 and leaves thousands homeless. [1]
- June 16
- Temperature hits 127 degrees F at Fort Mojave, California. [1]
1897
- June 24
- Hail injures 26 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. [1]
- July 27
- 37.5 cm (14.75 inches) of rainfall in Jewell, Maryland, USA (state 24-hour record). [1]
1899
- June 29
- Brazo River in Texas, USA, floods 12 miles wide causing $10 million in damage. [1]
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