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  2. Volcanic winter of 536 - Wikipedia

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    The volcanic winter of 536 was the most severe and protracted episode of climatic cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years. [1] The volcanic winter was caused by at least three simultaneous eruptions of uncertain origin, with several possible locations proposed in various continents.

  3. 536 - Wikipedia

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    Year 536 (Roman numerals: DXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Belisarius.. In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as "the worst year to be alive" because of the volcanic winter of 536 caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to ...

  4. The 9 Worst Years in History to be Alive - AOL

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    A.D. 536 – Volcanic Winter. Dubbed "the worst year to be alive" by Harvard historian Michael McCormick, the year 536 saw an inexplicable, dense fog that shrouded much of Europe, the Middle East ...

  5. Late Antique Little Ice Age - Wikipedia

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    The Late Antique Little Ice Age is seen between the middle of the 6th century and the start of the 7th century, and preceded by the Roman Warm Period. [1]The Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) was a long-lasting Northern Hemispheric cooling period in the 6th and 7th centuries AD, during the period known as Late Antiquity.

  6. When the skies went dark: Historians pinpoint the very 'worst ...

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    Some 1,500 years later, Harvard University medieval historian Michael McCormick has reached a similarly grim conclusion about not just 536, but the dreadful decade that followed that terrible year.

  7. Timeline of volcanism on Earth - Wikipedia

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    The Mid-Tertiary ignimbrite flare-up begins 40 million years ago and lasts until 25 million years ago. Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex erupts 50 million years ago with a VEI 7 850 cubic kilometers (204 cu mi) of tephra. [89] Canary hotspot is believed to have first appeared about 60 million years ago.

  8. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Thirty Years' War: 4–12 million [18] 1618–1648 Anti-Imperial Alliance vs. Imperial Alliance Europe Spanish conquest of Mexico: 10.5 million [19] 1519–1530 Spanish Empire and allies vs. Aztec Empire and allies Mexico Russian Civil War: 7–10 million [20] 1917–1922

  9. List of natural disasters in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Long lasting volcanic winters following the Toba catastrophe have been hypothesised to have killed every human not living in Africa at the time. [1] 535–536: Extreme weather events of 535–536: The most severe cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years, likely caused crop failures and freezing for everyone in western Europe ...