318 BC - Ancient Chinese astronomers chronicled numerous episodes where comets preceded plague and disaster. Meticulous observations were compiled in 300 B.C. in a textbook known as the "Mawangdui Silk." It details 29 different cometary forms and the various disasters associated with them, dating as far back as 1500 B.C
15 AD- The star of Bethlehem ?
348 AD - The previous instances were the Plague of Athens in 430 BC and the plague at the time of Justinian which arrived into Constantinople in AD 542. The Plague of Athens was described by Thucydides, while the Justinian plague was described by Procopius, among others.
681 AD - "Comets are vile stars. Every time they appear in the south, they wipe out the old and establish the new. Fish grow sick, crops fail, Emperors and common people die, and men go to war. The people hate life and don't even want to speak of it." -Li Ch'un Feng, Director, Chinese Imperial Astronomical Bureau, 648, A.D.
1014 AD - a swarm of cometary debris struck the Americas, it is thought to have ended the Aztec empire,it caused a tsunami in England. Thousands of people also died in the British Isles and North Sea countries in 1014 AD
Comet Negra in 1347 - The Comet of the Black Death is said to have coincided with the great plague, the “Black Death,” that killed half the population of Europe from 1346 to 1350.
In France . . . was seen the terrible Comet called Negra. In December appeared over Avignon a Pillar of Fire. There were many great Earthquakes, Tempests, Thunders and Lightnings, and thousands of People were swallowed up; the Courses of Rivers were stopt; some Chasms of the Earth sent forth Blood. Terrible Showers of Hail, each stone weighing 1 Pound to 8; Abortions in all Countries; in Germany it rained Blood; in France Blood gushed out of the Graves of the Dead, and stained the Rivers crimson; Comets, Meteors, Fire-beams, corruscations in the Air, Mock-suns, the Heavens on Fire . . .”
The great Comet of 1680 - C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch's Comet, and Newton's Comet, has the distinction of being the first comet discovered by telescope. Great Plague of Vienna related to Great Comet of 1680?
Comet ISON coming in Nov. 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
GOING BACK FURTHER IN TIME ON COMET ISOM?
Interesting stuff. Of note are the instances of plague and in 1347, the reports of bodies of water "turning to blood". Sounds alot like what happened in Egypt around the time of the exodus....:
I'm confused... Is it Comet Isom or Comet Ison? I thought it was called Comet Ison. Just wanted to clarify what Comet you're referring to. By the way, thanks for sharing all your information.
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