Veniaminof erupted around 1,750 BCE 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 1,750 BCE.
Before and after
- from c. 1,786 BCE to 1,600 BCEFourteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,782 BCE to 1,570 BCESecond Intermediate Period of Egypt
- c. 1,752 BCECode of Hammurabi
- c. 1,750 BCEDeath of Hammurabi
- c. 1,750 BCEEruption of Veniaminof
- from 18th century BCE to 2nd century BCEColchis
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,260 BCEMitanni
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,550 BCEFifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,580 BCESixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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- 104 BCEEstablishment of Qumran
- c. 63 CEEruption of Churchill
- from 19 July 64 CE to 26 July 64 CEGreat Fire of Rome
- 79 CEVesuvius buries Pompeii and Herculaneum
- 24 August 79 CEEruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79
The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires. You can also browse everything in the 18th century BCE.