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In what year did Mount Tambora — the largest volcanic eruption in 1,300 years — erupt?
Tambora, on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, erupted catastrophically on 10 April 1815. It killed roughly 71,000 people in the immediate region and cooled the Earth by about half a degree Celsius for two years — producing the Year Without a Summer in 1816. Krakatoa (1883) was about a quarter as powerful, despite being more famous.
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The Volcano Nobody Wrote About Tambora killed more people than Krakatoa, cooled the planet for two years, and started the Year Without a Summer. The Western press barely noticed.
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