Laki Erupts in Iceland: 8 Months of Lava Kill 9,000
Laki volcano in Iceland began an eight-month eruption that released a poisonous haze across Europe, killing over 9,000 Icelanders and triggering a seven-year famine. The sulfur dioxide cloud dropped temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere, devastating crops from Scotland to Egypt and contributing to the social unrest that preceded the French Revolution.
June 8, 1783
243 years ago
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