The Year Without a Summer of 1816

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The Year Without a Summer of 1816 was a period of severe global climate anomalies, marked by unseasonably cold temperatures, crop failures, and food shortages, largely caused by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.

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instanceOf climatic anomaly
historical event
weather disaster
follows 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
hasAlternativeName Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death NERFINISHED
Poverty Year NERFINISHED
The Year Without a Summer NERFINISHED
hasCause 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora NERFINISHED
reduced solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface
volcanic aerosols in the atmosphere
hasEffect cholera outbreaks in India
crop failures in New England
crop failures in parts of Europe
cultural responses in literature and art
disruption of traditional agricultural cycles
drought in some regions of India
economic hardship for farmers
famine in some regions
flooding of the Yangtze Valley
food insecurity
food riots in Europe
food shortages
frosts during summer months
grain price increases
haze and dimmed sunlight
increased emigration from Europe
increased interest in scientific study of climate
increased mortality in some regions
inspiration for dark and apocalyptic themes in literature
livestock deaths
malnutrition in affected populations
migration from New England to the American Midwest
poor harvests in China
severe weather anomalies
snowfall in summer in some areas
social unrest
spectacular sunsets
unseasonably cold temperatures
widespread crop failures
hasEndTime 1816
hasKeyDate August 1816
July 1816
June 1816
hasLocation Asia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED
Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
hasStartTime 1816
hasTemporalContext Little Ice Age NERFINISHED

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Year Without a Summer alsoKnownAs The Year Without a Summer of 1816