Billy Mitchell erupted around 1580 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6, a colossal eruption that threw tens of cubic kilometres of ash and rock into the air. Eruptions of this size inject sulphur into the stratosphere and can cool the global climate for a year or more. The VEI is a logarithmic scale: each step means roughly ten times more erupted material. It took place around 1580.
Before and after
- from 1578 to 1590Ottoman–Safavid War
- 1578Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign
- 23 January 1579Union of Utrecht
- 1580Publication of Jerusalem Delivered
- c. 1580Eruption of Billy Mitchell
- 11 June 1580Founding of Buenos Aires
- from July 1580 to January 1700Colonization of Siberia
- 1581Construction of Uffizi Gallery
- from 26 July 1581 to 19 January 1795Dutch Republic
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- from 1303 to 1850Little Ice Age
- 23 January 15561556 Shaanxi earthquake
- from 2 September 1666 to 6 September 1666Great Fire of London
- 1 November 17551755 Lisbon earthquake
- 1938Establishment of Mount Olympus
- 2001Establishment of Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park
The era
This moment belongs to the Early modern world (1500 CE to 1760 CE), voyages, printing and new ideas. You can also browse everything in the 16th century.