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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
1510.??Padua......5 P.M.Stone-fall?. perhaps=next.
1511.*Sept. 4Crema,N. Italy.........Stone-fall; many from 1 lb. to 8 lbs.
1516.*?River Abdua, China.........Stone-fall; 1200 said to have fallen, some 120 lbs.
1516.??China.........ditto; several from 1 to 27 lbs. Possibly the same fall, as above, according to different accounts.
1520.?Brussels.........ditto; before the year 1520.
*MayArragon, Spain20 lbs.......ditto; several.
1528.*June 29Augsburg.........ditto.
1540.?April 28Limousin, France.........Stone-fall. During a hailstorm, stones said to have fallen, one the size of a barrel, entering two ells into the ground.
*June 14China.........Stone-fall.
1545.*?Neuhof, Saxony.........Iron-fall; fell or found?. Grimma, Saxony. 1540 according to Boguslawski.
1547.Apr. 29Halberstadtlarge......fireball (also seen at Paris).
Dec. 15Hamburgditto......ditto
1548.*Nov. 6Mansfeld, Thuringia½ moonW. to E.2 A.M.detonating meteor; aërolitic? (Baumhauer); a substance said to have fallen from it like coagulated blood!
1552.*May 19Thuringia, Saxony.........Stone-fall.
1554.Mar. 9Chalônslarge......fireball.
1555.Mar. 13Thuringialarge......fireball, tailed.
1557.Mar. 20Chalôns.........ditto.
*Nov. 25Italy.........aërolitic.
1559.*?Hungary.........Stone-fall. According to Kesselmeyer, 1757. Five large stones fell at Miskolez in Borsehor, four of which were sent to Vienna.
1560.?Dec. 24Lillebourne.........meteor?: set fire to a magazine in the day-time. Aërolitic, according to Baumhauer's Catalogue; doubtful meteorite.
1561.*May 17Eilenborg, Torgau39 lbs.......Stone-fall, in Prussia. Three fell.
1564.?Mar. 1Brussels.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue).
1566.July 17?.........fireball.
1500-1600*?Valencia, Spain.........stones fell?; 1520?.
1565.*3China.........Stone-fall.
1567.*Nov. 24Winterthur.........large meteor and detonation.
1570.*Jan. 10Anspach.........ditto, with detonation.
1572.?9Thorn.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue). Doubtful fall, according to Chladni.
1577.Oct. 11Zurich.........fireball.
1580.*May 27Göttingen?......2 P.M.Stone-fall; several fell.
1581.*July 26Thuringia39 lbs....1 ½ P.M.ditto; one stone.
1583.*Jan. 9Castrovillari, Italy30 lbs.......ditto ditto
*Mar. 2Piedmont.........ditto; day-time.
1584.Feb. 19?.........fireball.
1586.*Dec. 15Verden, Hanover.........fiery meteor and detonation (december 3, O.S.)? aërolitic, according to Baumhauer's Catalogue: one account says black and red dust fell.
1591.*June 9Kunersdorf.........Stone-fall; several large stones (19th June?).
1596.*Mar. 1Crevalcore, Piedmont......5 ½ P.M.ditto.
1601.Sept. 28Hanau.........fireball.
1603.Aug. 18Zurich.........ditto (August 8, O.S.).
*Sept. 19Germany; Zurich.........fiery meteor, followed by a detonation.
1618.Mar. 7?.........fireball.
*Nov. China.........Stone-fall.
*Aug.Styria300 lbs.......Stone-fall (end of August). At Muraköz, on the Styrian frontier, three stones fell, each about 100 lbs.
1619.Oct. 5Frauenfeld.........fireball.
1620.*Apr. 17.Jalindher, Lahore7 lbs.?......Iron-fall; 1621?. Fell with great light and noise.
1622.*Jan. 10Cornwall, England.........Stone-fall; at Tregony. N.B. Not Devonshire.
1623.Mar. 10Zurich.........fireball (17th March?).
*Nov. 18Germany.........fireball, and detonation (17th November?).
1624.7Tubingen.........fireball.
1627.*27Provence, France59 lbs.......Stone-fall.
1628.*Apr. 9Hatford, Berks24 lbs.+...5 P.M.ditto, accompanied by detonations.
1629.4Tubingen.........fireball.
1635.June 21Vago, VeronalargeN. to S....Stone-fall, night-time. =1668.
*July 7Calce, Vicenza11 ozs.......Stone-fall; Italy.
1636.*Mar. 6Sagan, Silesia......6 A.M.Stone-fall; one large one.
*Dec.Cüstrinensi Territory?large......great fiery globe, and terrific sound
1637.Oct. 3France.........fireball.
*Nov. 29Mount Vaison in Provence, France38 lbs....10 A.M.Stone-fall; one fell. Specific gravity 3.5.
1640.Apr. 4Holland.........fireball.
1642.*Aug. 4Suffolk co., England4 lbs....4 ½ P.M.Stone-fall, near Woodbridge. Gent. Mag., 1796, p. 1007.
*Dec 12Ofen, Hungary.........Stone-fall or iron-fall? (Chladni). Between Ofen and Gran.
1643.Feb. 6Glarus.........meteor
1647.??Rochefort8 lbs.......Stone-fall; fell on ship-board, killing two men; it is not stated which Rochefort, probably in France, west coast. It is also stated that at Roquefort, in America?, a stone once fell through the roof of a cottage and killed two men by the roof falling in, having first made a hole of 5 feet in diameter. See Athenæum for 1836, p. 803. Accounts evidently confused.
*18Zwickau, Saxony50 lbs....nightStone-fall.
*Aug.Stolzenau, Germany.........Stone-fall; several fell in Westphalia.
1648.Jan. 8Naples.........fireball; or 10th Janurary.
Mar. 15Reutlingen.........ditto.
1649.May 11Alsace.........ditto.
Sept. 1Hamburg.........ditto; moved in bounds up and down.
1650.*Aug. 6Dordrecht, Holland.........Stone-fall; one fell.
1651.Jan. 7Switzerland.........fireball.
1654.*Mar. 30Fünen Island, Denmark......8 A.M.Stone-fall; many fell.
*Sept. 4Milan.........ditto (1650?).
1660.Feb 23Wittenberg.........fireball.
1662.Apr. 26Königsberg.........ditto
1663.Mar. 13Malmöe, Sweden.........ditto.
May 14Chiloe, South Americalarge......ditto.
1664.Apr. 8Saxony.........ditto.
Aug. 3Hungarylarge......left a bright streak or train of light.
Dec. 18Croatia.........a fiery meteoritic phenomenon seen.
1666.July 17Italy?.........fireball.
1668.?June 20Verona, Italy200+300 lbs....nightStone-fall; many fell.
1671.*Feb. 27Swabia, Austria9+10 lbs.......ditto ditto; night-time.
1673.*?Dietling, Bavaria.........Stone-fall, at Baden? (Boguslawski's Catalogue).
1674.*Oct. 6Glarus, Switzerland.........ditto; a large one.
1676.Jan. 24Switzerland.........fireball.
Feb. 21Switzerland.........ditto.
*Mar. 31Italy; Dalmatia2 >moonE.to W.7 P.M.fell into the sea near Corsica; detonation. March 31 (21st O.S.) Copinsha, &c., as well as Dalmatia and Leghorn; from 174 miles high to 40: hissing sound heard when it fell into the sea; probably aërolitic. A remarkable meteor; burst with a loud report.
Apr. 8Monte Pulciano.........fireball.
Sept. 20England.........ditto.
*?Orkneys.........Stone-fall; fell into a boat.
1677.*May 28Ermendorf......eveningStone-fall; several fell. Saxony.
1678.Feb. 6Frankfort-on-Maine.........fireball.
Sept. 2Glarus.........ditto (September 13?).
1680.*May 18London2½ in. d.......Stone-fall; several fell near Gresham College.
June 1Leipzig.........fireball; 22nd May, O.S.?
Dec. 17Courland.........ditto.
1682.May?Germany.........ditto; seen at many places.
June?Rochlitz.........ditto.
1684.May 19Annaberg.........fireball.
1684.Nov. 13Gottesgabe.........ditto.
17Brittany.........ditto
1685.Aug. 22Germany.........ditto.
1686.July 19Germany; Leipzig½ moonE. to W.7'stationary for 7'; gradually vanished; 30 miles high.
1687. May 22Paris.........fireball.
1688.Apr. 17Heilbrönn.........ditto.
1689.*Oct. 1Boston, United States.........brilliant bolide; detonation afterwards.
1690.*Jan. 2Jena.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue).
1692.*Apr. 9Temesvar, Hungary.........fireball, accompanied by detonation; (Chladni).
1697.*Jan. 13Pentolina, Siena......5 P.M.Stone-fall; several. Italy.
1698.*May 19Waltringen, Berne......7½ P.M.Stone-fall; a large one, or May 17?. Berne, Zurich, or 27th N.S. "Wolf."

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