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Catalogue of aërolites and Bolides, from A.D. 2 to A.D. 1860
A.D.2-1499
1500-1699
1700-1799
1800-1829
1830-1845
1846-1860

YearDay of monthLocalitySize or weightDirectionDuration; rate; hour;Remarks, &c
A.D. 2*?China.........Stone-fall
1-50.*?Dauphine.........ditto; during the first half of the century.
166.*?China.........ditto.
154.*?ditto.........ditto.
310.*?ditto.........ditto.
333.*?ditto .........ditto.
416.??Constantinople.........ditto; according to Arago, a common stone or fallen pillar.
452.*?Thrace.........ditto.
481.*?Africa.........ditto.
550.*?Syria, near Emessa.........ditto (6th centuury).
570.*?Bender, Arabia.........ditto; many stones fell.
584.Dec.France?large......fireball; =daylight.
585.*Oct. 23ditto?ditto......ditto, followed by a loud detonation.
587.*Jan. 1dittoditto......ditto ditto.
590.?March?.........ditto.
616.*?China.........Stone-fall; several stones fell.
650.*??.........ditto.
852.*July or AugDaghestan.........ditto.
823.*?Saxony.........ditto; many small ones fell.
837.*??.........ditto.
839.Feb. 21France?.........fireball, tailed
856.*Dec.?Soweida?, Egypt.........Stone-fall.
886.*?Japan.........ditto (A.D. 885 or 887).
892.*?Ahmed-Abad, Mesopotamia.........ditto, or A.D. 897. Stones brought to Bagdad.
897.??Kusah.........ditto. Same as the last probably.
905.*?Corea, China.........ditto? (or A.D. 903); a detonating meteor.
921.*?Narni, Italylarge......ditto.
925.*May 2ArabiadittoS. to N....fireball and detonation.
*Sept. 21EgyptdittoN.N.W to S.S.E...ditto, red; serpentine tail.
952.*?Augsburg.........Stone-fall, or A.D. 951.
956.*?Italy.........Stone-fall
970.*Oct. 5?= sun......fireball, followed by a great noise.
963.*?Italy.........Stone-fall
991.4Morocco?largeE. to W....extraordinary meteor.
998.*?Magdeburg.........Stone-fall; two large ones fell.
999.Jan.?large......fireball and fiery tail (December?).
1000.Mar. 29?.........fireball
1002.?Sept. 14Morocco?= moon......aërolitic meteor(Baumhauer's Catalogue). Morocco=Mauritania, or emprire of Morocco; perhaps including Spain.
1002.Dec.France?.........fireball
1009.*?Djorjam, India2000 lbs.......Iron-fall? (Caspian Sea?; Boguslawski).
1013.Mar. 16Morocco?largeE. to W.streak 15'brighter than the moon.
1021.? or 1020July or Aug.Africa.........Stone-fall (Persia?). 1820?. Not improbably hailstones.
1029.*July 16Morocco?large......meteoric light and great noise
1034.???.........Stone-fall?.
1057.*?Hoanglie,Corea.........aërolitic?
1075.18Morocco?large......fireball.
1076.*?Denmark.........Stone-fall (Boguslawski's Catalogue).
1093.?April 10Paris?.........aërolitic (Baumhauer's Catalogue), or 1st April; or 1094. Many shooting starsseen, and a very large one said to have been found on the ground as a glowing substance.
Sept. 1?.........fireball, or August 5?.
1109.??.........fireball.
1110.??Lake Van, Armenia.........Stone-fall?.
1112.*?Aquileia, Trieste.........ditto.
1135.*?Oldesleben,Thuringia.........ditto; 10 inches diameter (or A.D. 1136).
1138.?March 8Mosul, Asia Minor.........aërolitic (Baumhauer's Catalogue). Fiery coals said to have fallen.
1164.*MayMisnia, Saxony.........Iron-fall?. About the feast of Pentecost.
1186.*June 30Mons, Belgium.........several stones fell; some of 1 lb. weight. July 8 is likewise given by some; perhaps N. Style; also A.D. 1187; Bergen is the old name for Mons, and so given by Baumhauer.
1189.???.........aärolitic fall; Boguslawski's 10th Supp. to Chladni.
1191.???.........ditto ditto ditto.
1194.???.........ditto ditto ditto
1197.???.........ditto ditto ditto.
1198.?JulyParis.........aërolitic fireball?.
1199.Oct. 23?.........fireball.
1249.*July 26Quedlinburg.........Stone-fall; many?.
1257.*?Wurzburg, Saxony.........ditto; about Whitsuntide.
1280.*?Alexandria.........ditto?.
1251-1360*?Welikoi-Usting, Russia.........ditto.
1300.*?Arragon, Spain.........ditto; several. About A.D. 1300.
1304.*Oct. 1Saale, Saxony.........ditto ditto; Friedland or Friedberg.
1305.??Vandal towns.........ditto?; in Lusatia (Saxony); probably same as October 1, 1304.
1307.Feb. 26?.........fireball. 24th February?.
1325.May 22Florence.........fireball.
1328.*Jan. 9Mortahiah.........Stone-fall.
1339.?July 13Silesia.........aërolitic (Baumhauer's Catalogue). 300 thunderbolts said to have fallen during a thunderstorm; can hardly be considered aërolitic.
1340.*?Aidin, Asia Minor.........Stone-fall; one fell A.D. 1340, not A.D. 1440.
1352.Oct. 22Italy.........fireball.
1353.Aug.11ditto.........ditto.
1358.*?China.........Stone-fall.
1354.May 1Italy.........fireball.
1360.*?Yorkshire.........Stone-fall.
1368.*?Oldenburg.........Iron-fall.
1379.*26Minden, Hanover.........Stone-fall.
1421.*?Java.........ditto.
1438.*?Burgos, Spain.........many light vesicular stones; day-time at Roa.
1465.Sept. 22Parislarge......fireball.
Nov. 18France.........ditto.
1474.*?Viterbo, Italy.........Stone-fall; two large stones fell.
1480.*?Saxony or Bohemia.........ditto.
1491.*15Ho-nan, Cnina.........ditto.
*Mar. 22Crema, N. Italy.........Stone-fall.
1492.*Nov. 7Ensisheim, Bâ270 lbs....11 ½ A.M.Stone-fall; one large one; 2 P.M.?
1496.*Jan. 28Cesena, Romagna......9 A.M.ditto; three stones; 26th January?.
July 13Munchberg.........fireball. Chladni thinks only hail.
1499.Apr. 19?Lucernlarge......fireball.

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