Category: Natural World

Reign
Year
Month/Day
Event Title
 
Aethelstan
Edmund
Edgar
Aethelred
Knut
1041A year of storms and disease
Edward the Confessor
1046Severe winter
1048Earthquake
1049May 1Earthquake in Midlands
1053Dec 21Strong winds
1054JulThe Crab Nebula formed
1066AprHalley's Comet
William the Conqueror
1086Stormy weather and disease
William Rufus
1089Aug 11Earthquake
1091Violent storm hits London
1097Oct 4Comet
Henry I
1106A comet passes by
1111Severe winter
1114NovEarthquake
1118Earthquake
1133Aug 2Eclipse
Aug 4Earthquake
Stephen
1140Mar 20Eclipse
Henry II
1164A meteor ?
1185Lincoln Cathedral damaged
May 1Eclipse
Richard the Lionheart
1191Jun 23Eclipse
John
1205JanRiver Thames freezes
Henry III
1224London Fog
1250Qtr 4Earthquake shakes St. Albans Abbey
1264Possible comet sighting
Edward I
1303Baltic Sea Freezes over
Feb 24Battle of Roslin
Edward II
Edward III
1337JunA comet is seen over France
1338AprA comet seen in Europe
1349Earthquake
Meaux Abbey hit by epidemic
Richard II
1382May 21Earthquake
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
Edward IV
Edward V
1508Sep 19Earthquake
1517Plague
1625AugPlague
1626FebPlague lessens
1633Apr 10Bananas first seen in England
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