The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia left a huge crater, along with a sometimes unexpected legacy. Jialiang Gao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons On April 10, 1815, the Tambora volcano ...

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In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted with a fury that rippled around the globe, wreaking havoc on weather patterns and agriculture. Europe was hit by freezing temperatures and relentless rains, leading to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia unleashed the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history. The sheer force of the ...

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FARGO — The great Tambora volcanic eruption happened in April 1815. This was the most powerful volcanic eruption of at least the past 1,000 years. As many as 100,000 people were killed in a torrent of ...

In April 1815, the eruption of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia — one of the largest in recorded history — blasted ash and gases into the atmosphere purportedly causing widespread cooling and crop failure ...

FARGO — On this date in 1815, the Tambora Volcano in Indonesia erupted. This was the most powerful volcanic eruption of at least the past 1,000 years. Tens of thousands of people were killed in a ...

In 1816, people around the world woke to frosted crops and summer snowfalls that forecasters at the time could not explain—but now we know why it happened. The year is 1816. You leap out of bed, ...