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Famine caused by drought during the third year in the Yuanding period. Starvation in over 40 commanderies east of the Hangu mountain pass. [2] China: 103 BC – 89 BC: Beminitiya Seya during the reign of the Five Dravidians [3] Anuradhapura Kingdom: 26 BC: Famine recorded throughout Near East and Levant, as recorded by Josephus: Judea: 20,000 ...
Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–1879: 1876 –1879 4. 11,000,000 Chalisa famine: North India: 1783 –1784 Doji bara famine or Skull famine India: 1789 –1793 6. 10,000,000 Great Bengal famine of 1770, incl. Bihar & Orissa British company India: 1769 –1773 7. 7,500,000 Great European Famine: Europe 1315 –1317 8. 7,400,000 Deccan famine ...
Famines have also been caused by volcanism. The 1815 eruption of the Mount Tambora volcano in Indonesia caused crop failures and famines worldwide and caused the worst famine of the 19th century. The current consensus of the scientific community is that the aerosols and dust released into the upper atmosphere causes cooler temperatures by ...
If excessive eating had not taken place, one scholar argued, "the worst of the Great Leap Famine could still have been avoided in mid-1959". [78] However, dire hunger did not set in to places like Da Fo village until 1960, [79] and the public dining hall participation rate was found not to be a meaningful cause of famine in Anhui and Jiangxi. [80]
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
CAIRO (Reuters) - There is a realistic chance of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the war that began in April last year escalates, a global monitor said on Thursday, in a sharply worsening ...
These deaths may have also been caused by the great famine, which lasted from 1888 to 1892 and was the worst famine in the region's history; a third of Ethiopia's total population of 12 million was killed according to some estimates. [146]
Just look back at the 10 worst nor’easters in recorded history. The Great Blizzard of 1888. Snow piles up in New York after The Great Blizzard of 1888. Bettmann - Getty Images.