In Switzerland, there was both a famine and an excess of rain, which resulted in the contest which saw Mary Shelley write Frankenstein.
In Switzerland, there was both a famine and an excess of rain, which resulted in the contest which saw Mary Shelley write Frankenstein. Oats rose in price* from 12¢ per bushel to over 92¢ per bushel, resulting in Karl Drais' work on the dandy horse, a predecessor of the bicycle. Brown and red snows were seen in both Hungary and Italy and snowstorms struck the Northeast US as late as June. FTP, all of this happened because of the eruption of what volcano in 1815, which resulted in 1816 being termed both "Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death" and "The Year Without Summer"?
In Switzerland, there was both a famine and an excess of rain, which resulted in the contest which saw Mary Shelley write Frankenstein.
Mount Tambora