Volcanic winter of 536
536 · Event
A mystery eruption dims the sun for eighteen months — famine from Ireland to China; tree rings call it the worst decade to be alive.
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Around 536
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Muhammad (570)
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Hagia Sophia (532)