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The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). [1] Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest of any on record between 1766 and 2000, [2] resulting in crop failures and major food shortages across the Northern ...
In summer 1816, countries in the Northern Hemisphere suffered extreme weather conditions, dubbed the "Year Without a Summer". Average global temperatures decreased by about 0.4 to 0.7 °C (0.7 to 1.3 °F), [8] enough to cause significant agricultural problems around the globe. On 4 June 1816, frosts were reported in the upper elevations of New ...
1815 was a common year ... In later years, 1816 will become known as the Year Without a Summer. ... A new European political situation is set.
During this year, the disease spread rapidly across Europe, reaching its highest mortality rates. Public Domain / Wikipedia. 3. 1816 – The Year Without a Summer. In April of 1815, Mount Tambora ...
1809–1815 Crop failure due to dry weather conditions. Joseon (Korea) 2,000,000 [82] 1811–1812: Famine devastated Madrid [83] Spain: 20,000 [84] 1815: Eruption of Mount Tambora. Tens of thousands died in subsequent famine: Indonesia: 10,000: 1816–1817: Year Without a Summer: Europe: 65,000: 1830–1833: Famine, claimed to have killed 42% ...
P.S."Thames", ex "Argyle" was the first seagoing steamer in Europe, having steamed from Glasgow to London in May 1815. [15] P.S."Tug", the first tugboat, was launched by the Woods Brothers, Port Glasgow, on November 5, 1817; in the summer of 1817 she was the first steamboat to travel round the North of Scotland to the East Coast.
The eruption sends so much volcanic ash into the atmosphere that weather patterns around the world are altered, causing 1816 to be the "Year Without A Summer". August 1 – William Smith publishes the first national geological map of the United Kingdom , A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland .
Here's where to go in Europe this summer without the crowds. CAN'T-MISS: ... IT'S NOT TOO LATE: 26 tours you can still book for this summer "When I flew into Bari last year, I went straight for ...