The renowned Krakatau volcano lies in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Caldera collapse, perhaps in 416 AD, destroyed the ancestral Krakatau edifice, forming a 7-kilometer-wide caldera. Remnants of this volcano formed Verlaten and Lang Islands; subsequently Rakata, Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes were formed, coalescing to create the pre-1883 Krakatau Island. Caldera collapse during the catastrophic 1883 eruption destroyed Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes, and left only a remnant of Rakata volcano. The post-collapse cone of Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau), constructed within the 1883 caldera at a point between the former cones of Danan and Perbuwatan, has been the site of frequent eruptions since 1927.
The 1883 eruption caused what became to be known at the year without summer. It snowed in New England in July.
I am bad about reading everything I can get my hands on..only remembering the concept or idea but not the details. I had a teacher once tell me that the ideas and concepts were what one should keep in their head, the details were in the book to look up. I haven't really felt very well so I didn't go to look up the exact date. :)) Thanks!! :))