Changed history - 1816 had cold summer, starvation, etc. Affected migrations in US as well. New Englander’s began migrations to Midwest
Correct on all that; I’ve read “The Year Without Summer:1816” a couple of times.
What was interesting is the eruption occured happened during the Dalton Minimum and the decade had already been been cold. The jet stream had the same ‘waviness’ as it did recently that permitted the deeply penetrating cold fronts that hit various parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Apparently volcanic activity increases during solar minima and I just read that currently there are 45 erupting volcanoes during the current solar cycle decline. We might be heading into another Maunder or Dalton minimum.
... Mt Tambora in 1815It also created the circumstances that led to Boris Karloff becoming a household name.Changed history - 1816 had cold summer, starvation, etc. Affected migrations in US as well. New Englander’s began migrations to Midwest