14.1 - Natural Disasters & Disease

• Tambora Eruption (1815)
  • Present-day Indonesia
  • Consequences
    • Year without a summer in Europe
    • Marry Shelley writes Frankenstein
    • Smith family moves to upstate New York
• Krakatoa Eruption (1883)
  • Present-Day Indonesia
• Pinatubo Eruption (1991)
  • Engulfed the local area in ash
  • US leaves the Phillipines
• Australian bushfires (2019–2020)

• "Ring of Fire"

Disease

• Spanish Flu Pandemic (1918–1919)

• Asian flu (1957)

• Hong Kong Flu (1968–1969)

• HIV-AIDS (1959+)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) (2020+)