1001Baitoushan Volcano Eruption

± 40 years: Baitoushan volcano on what would be the Chinese-...
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🌋 Sumbing Volcano Eruption Recorded in Rukam Inscription

Sumbing volcano erupts, according to Rukam inscription.China in 923, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Sumbing Volcano Eruption Recorded in Rukam Inscription (907)
VolcanoEruptionDisasterNatural Disaster
IndonesiaIndonesia

🌋 Baitoushan Volcano Eruption

± 40 years: Baitoushan volcano on what would be the Chinese-Korean border, erupts with a force of 6.5, the fourth largest Holocene blast.
Baitoushan Volcano Eruption (1001)
VolcanoEruptionNatural DisasterGeologyEnvironmentDisaster
ChinaChinaNorth KoreaNorth Korea

💥 Shaanxi Earthquake Devastates China

The Shaanxi earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake during the Ming dynasty.
Shaanxi Earthquake Devastates China (1556)
Ming DynastyEarthquakeDisasterNatural DisasterSeismic ActivityCasualties
ChinaChina

🌋 Mount Fuji Erupts After Millennia of Inactivity

Mount Fuji erupts in Japan for the first time in 10000 years.
Mount Fuji Erupts After Millennia of Inactivity (1707)
VolcanoNatural DisasterEruptionEdo PeriodTokugawa ShogunateEnvironmental ImpactGeology
JapanJapan

🌾 Northern China Famine

1876–1879: 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
Northern China Famine (1876)
FamineQing DynastyDisasterMortalityNatural DisasterFood Shortage
ChinaChina

🌋 Krakatoa Volcano Erupts

Krakatoa volcano explosion, one of the largest in modern history.Thomas Edison was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
Krakatoa Volcano Erupts (1883)
VolcanoEruptionNatural DisasterTsunamiSeismologyGeologyDisasterEnvironmental Impact
IndonesiaIndonesia