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Year Without a Summer
- Lutzb 3y agoStumbled across this while reading about Caspar David Friedrichs change in the color composition. The event also lead to Mary Shelley to write "Frankenstein"
- bell-cot 3y agoFor those unfamiliar with history - phrases such as "profound famine" can be translated to "tens of millions of people died, slowly, and in horrific circumstances". Though I wouldn't be surprised if the total death toll, 1816-1820, exceeded 1e8. For reference, the total world population at the time was only ~1e9. Note also Wikipedia's long list of links to similar events.