Year Without a Summer

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The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Year Without a Summer canonical 8
Year Without a Summer (1816) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climatic anomaly ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
weather disaster ⓘ
affectedArea Atlantic Canada ⓘ
British Isles ⓘ
China ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death ⓘ
Poverty Year ⓘ
The Year Without a Summer of 1816 ⓘ
hasCause 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ
linked to: Mount Tambora

reduced solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface ⓘ
volcanic aerosols in the stratosphere ⓘ
hasConsequence European food riots ⓘ
agricultural crisis in Europe ⓘ
changes in crop choices and farming practices ⓘ
economic hardship for farmers ⓘ
heightened awareness of climate variability ⓘ
increased emigration from New England to the American Midwest ⓘ
inspiration for literary works ⓘ
malnutrition-related disease ⓘ
hasLocation Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
influencedWork Lord Byron’s poem "Darkness" ⓘ
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ⓘ
development of the modern bicycle (as a response to horse feed shortages) ⓘ
mainEffect crop failures ⓘ
extreme weather events ⓘ
famine in some regions ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
food shortages ⓘ
frosts in summer months ⓘ
grain price spikes ⓘ
heavy rains ⓘ
increased migration ⓘ
livestock deaths ⓘ
snowfall in summer months ⓘ
social unrest ⓘ
unusually cold temperatures ⓘ
widespread hunger ⓘ
partOf global climatic impacts of the 1815 Tambora eruption ⓘ
significance major historical example of volcanic forcing of climate ⓘ
one of the coldest Northern Hemisphere years of the 19th century ⓘ
startTime 1816 ⓘ
temporalContext Little Ice Age (late phase) ⓘ
linked to: Little Ice Age

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Tambora → causedEvent → Year Without a Summer ⓘ
Tambora village → associatedEvent → Year Without a Summer ⓘ
Sanggar → hasHistoricalPeriodSignificance → Year Without a Summer (1816) ⓘ
linked to: Year Without a Summer
Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death → alternateName → Year Without a Summer ⓘ
Darkness (poem) → inspiredByEvent → Year Without a Summer ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord Byron’s poem "Darkness"
Tambora Peninsula → associatedWith → Year Without a Summer ⓘ
Kingdom of Tambora → associatedWith → Year Without a Summer ⓘ
Villa Diodati → associatedWithEvent → Year Without a Summer ⓘ
Dalton Minimum → associatedWith → Year Without a Summer ⓘ