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1780 map of the region. New England's Dark Day occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the daytime sky was observed over the New England states [1] and parts of eastern Canada. [2] The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, [3] a thick fog, and cloud cover.
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May 19 – an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. This has never been explained, though clouds of smoke from massive forest fires are the most likely cause. [2] Quakers begin the Underground Railroad to smuggle slaves to freedom in Canada.
May 12 – American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces. May 13 – Cumberland Compact signed by American settlers in the Cumberland Valley of Tennessee. May 19 – New England's Dark Day: An unaccountable darkness spreads over New England, regarded by some observers as a fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
Coat of arms of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG. William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805), known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the final months of the ...
The 1780s (pronounced "seventeen-eighties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1780, and ended on December 31, 1789. A period widely considered as transitional between the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution , the 1780s saw the inception of modern philosophy .
For example, Panel 2 which depicts The Dark Day of May 19, 1780, a day so dark the sun appeared to be blocked out (this was caused by smoke and ashes from forest fires in Canada); as well as, Panel 8 which represents the Leonid meteor shower of 1833. Panel 11 portrays 'Cold Thursday,' February 10, 1895.
Dark Days or Dark Day may refer to: In film: Dark Day, a South Korean film starring Kim Seung-ho; Dark Days, a 2000 documentary by Marc Singer; In literature: Dark Days, a comic book series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith; Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days, a novel by Derek Landy