Plagues,NaturalDisasters,andEnvironmentalObservations

Sources:ByrneandDoherty,1982;Anglo-SaxonChronicle(ASC),AnnalesCambriae(AC),GregoryofTours,AnnalesofInisfallen(AI),AnnalesofUlster(AU),Bede,AnnalesoftheFourMasters(AFM)

536 / Famine
537/9 / 'Greatdeath'(plague?)inBritainandIrelandafterthebattleofCamlann(AC)
542 / 'JustinianPlague'reachesGaulfromEgypt
544 / Blefed(Bubonic)plagueinIreland(firstrecordofthenameBubonic)
547 / MaelgwnGwynedddiesof'yellowplague'AC
549 / ReoccuranceoftheplagueinIreland
551/6 / BuideConaill(relapsingfever)inIreland
554 / Distempercalledsmathrose(smallpox)
564 / Agreatwind
576 / Anabundantnutcrop
576/7 / Scintillalepae(smallpox?)
584 / Cometdestroystwoislands(offthecoastofGaul?)inafireball(GregoryofTours)
588 / GreatSnowinIreland
594 / July23,Solareclipse
601 / Earthquake:Bairrche(MourneMountains,Ireland)
624 / June21,624orJune625SolarEclipse(AI626,AU625,AC624)
664-8 / GreatplagueinBritainandIreland;SolareclipseMay3;firstrecordedAngloSaxonpestilencekilledBishopTudaandKingEorcenberhtofKent,BederecordsthatittraveledatleastasfarnorthasLastingham,Northumbria.
670 / GreatsnowandfamineinIreland
676 / CometinSeptemberandOctober(AU677,AC676,BedeAug.678,ASC678);"Astarofmarvellousbrightnesswasseenshiningthroughoutthewholeworld"AC
682 / "AgreatplagueinBritaininwhichCadwaldersonofCadwallondies"AC
683-685 / Returnoftheplague(moralitaspueroum)inOctobertoIreland(IrishannalsandAC)
685 / Greatwind;Earthquake:IsleofMan(AC684)
689 / "TherainturnedtobloodinBritianandinIrelandmilkandbutterturnedtoblood"AC
691 / GreatstormonSeptember16,16monksofIonadrowned
698-700 / ThreeyearsoffamineandpestienceinIreland,cannibalismisrumored
699 / CattleplagueinBritain
700 / CattleplaguereportedatMagTregoinTethbeIreland(Feb1)
707 / TwoearthquakesinNorthernIreland
709 / Plaguecalled'baccach'(poliolyelitis?)withdysentaryinIreland
714 / "Nightwasasbrightasday"AC
720 / OctoberTidalwaveinIreland
721 / OctoberearthquakeinIreland;ahotsummerinBritain(AC)
729 / "...thestar'comet'showeditself"ASC-A;Twocometsappeared,ASC-E
730 / Wednesday,Feb.8EarthquakeinIreland
733 / Lunareclipse;solareclipse(ASC)
734/5 / "...themoonwasasifitweresuffusedwithblood"(ASC)
740 / Earthquake:IsleofIslay(April12)
742-3 / Outbreakof'bolgach'(smallpox)inIreland
760 / February2,GreatsnowinIreland
761/763/4 / Ahardwinter(ASC)
764 / Greatsnowfornearly3months;June4,Solareclipse;Greatdroughtanddysentary
772 / ThunderstormsatOenachTailtern,Ireland(Aug1andSept29)causewidespreadpanic
772-86 / RecurrentfaminesandplaguesinIreland
773 / Bloodyflux;droughtandfaminefollowedanabundantnutcropinIreland;Dec.Lunareclipse
776 / RabiesoutbreaksinIreland
777 / Badsummerstorms;bloodyfluxandotherepidemics;cattlemurrain-allinIreland
778 / BloodyfluxandcattlemurraininIreland
779 / CattlemurraincontinuesinIreland,famineanddisease;Smallpoxoutbreaks;AgreatwindinOctober,Ireland
793 / Northumbria:"...exceptionalflashesoflightning,andfireydragonswereseenflyigintheair..."followedbyfamine(ASC)
795/6 / Lunareclipse(ASC)
804 / AgreatstorminIrelanderodesthecoastofCountyClare;MuttonIslandsplitinthreewithareputedlossof1,010lives.
806 / Plague,Ireland;SolarRingeclipseAug30(ASC),LunareclipseJune4(ASC)
807 / Solareclipse(AC)
809 / Lunareclipse(ASC)
810 / Lunareclipseandcattledied(AC)
812 / "FortressofDegannwy[Gwynedd,Wales]isstruckbylightningandburnt"AC
814 / "Therewasgreatthunderanditcausedmanyfires"AC
825 / PlagueandfamineinIreland
831 / Lunareclipse(AC)
865 / June1,solareclipse;lunareclipselaterinJune
876/7 / PiratehostcaughtinagreatseastormofSwanage,120shipswerelost(ASC)
878 / Greatwind,lightning;'rainofblood';lunareclipseWed.Oct.15;solareclipseWed.Oct.29
885 / June16,solareclipse
892 / Greatwind(tornadoorhurricane?)distroysforestsandwoodenbuildings
892 / Greatwind(tornadoorhurricane?)distroysforestsandwoodenbuildingsinIreland(Nov.11);Cometwithalongtail(ASC)
896 / "BreadfailureinIreland.Verminlikemoleswithtwoteethfallfromtheairandateeverythingup;theyweredrivenoutwithfastingandprayer."(AC);PlagueandmurrainravagedtheAnglo-Saxons(ASC)
904 / Lunareclipse(ASC)
905 / Comet(ASC)
912 / Solareclipse,June17;rainyyearinIreland;comet
917 / comet
921 / Tues.Dec.19,lunareclipse
941 / Irishlakesandriversfrozen
951 / DulinNorse:outbreaksofbloodfluxandsmallpox
965 / FamineinIreland
1015 / LeinsterandtheNorseinIreland:plagueandotherdiseases
1023 / Solareclipse,Jan10;LunareclispeJan24
1030 / Aug31,Solareclipse
1039 / Solareclipse(AI)
1047 / "GreatfamineamongtheUlaid,sotheyleftUlsterandwenttoLeinster"AFM
1061 / Leinster:bolach(smallpox)andthetregaid(colic)
1063 / ColicspreadsfromLeinsterthroughoutIreland
1084 / 'greatsickness'
1093 / 'fever'
1094 / "GreatseverityofweatherthroughoutIrelandcausingdeath"AU
1095 / Greatsnow(Jan3)andgreatplague
1096 / Greatplaguecontinues;clericsandprincespromigatelawsofabstinanceandalmsgiving;greatfamine(Ireland)
1099 / Greatfamine
1107 / AgreatsnowkillscattleinIreland,March13
1116 / SpringfamineinLeinsterandMunster
1118 / Earthquake:Alps
1133 / Cattleandpigsdiseased
1137 / Ireland:colicandagreatwind
1144/5 / ConnachtandMunster:epidemic
1155 / Cattleplague
1156/7 / GreatfrostfreezestheIrishlakes