Disasters with highest death tolls - 1883 Eruption of Krakatoa
Time: Sunday Aug 26, 1883
Place: Indonesia
Details: The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (Indonesian: Krakatau ) in the Sunda Strait began on the afternoon of Sunday, 26 August 1883, and peaked on the late morning of Monday, 27 August 1883, when over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera. At least 36,417 deaths are attributed to the eruption and the tsunamis it created.
Related
Near


KFC-Indonesia
1979 - Jakarta, Indonesia


OnePlus-Partnering with Lazada Indonesia
Friday Jan 23, 2015 - Indonesia


Audrey Hepburn-Joseph and Ella married
Sep, 1926 - Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Jakarta, Indonesia)


Audrey Hepburn-Ella has been divorced
1925 - Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Jakarta, Indonesia)


1997 Asian financial crisis-the rate was almost exactly 8,000 to 1 U.S. dollar
Thursday Dec 31, 1998 - Indonesia


1997 Asian financial crisis-A historic low
Sep, 1997 - Indonesia


1997 Asian financial crisis-Indonesia's monetary authorities widened the rupiah currency trading band
Jul, 1997 - Indonesia

John Coen's death
Friday Sep 21, 1629 - East-Indies


1997 Asian financial crisis-11,000 rupiah to 1 U.S. dollar
Friday Jan 9, 1998 - Indonesia


1997 Asian financial crisis-Trade surplus of more than $900 million
Jun, 1997 - Indonesia


1997 Asian financial crisis-A Free-floating exchange rate
Thursday Aug 14, 1997 - Indonesia


1997 Asian financial crisis-President Suharto sacked Bank Indonesia Governor
Feb, 1998 - Indonesia


Audrey Hepburn-Ella had married Hendrik
1919 - Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Jakarta, Indonesia)

Dirk T. van Cloon's death
Thursday Mar 10, 1735 - East Indies

Hendricus van der Palm Birth
Sunday Jul 17, 1763 - Rotterdam
On This Day - 26 August


Mamluks-Baibars' troops attacked Acre
Sunday Aug 26, 1263 at 02:37:00 AM - Acre, Israel


Inca Empire-Atahualpa was executed
Saturday Aug 26, 1533 - Cajamarca


George Washington-The National Assembly of France granted Washington honorary French citizenship
Sunday Aug 26, 1792 - France


Napoleon-Battle of Dresden
Thursday Aug 26, 1813 - Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (Present Day Germany)


Abraham Lincoln-Ann died
Wednesday Aug 26, 1835 - Illinois, U.S.


Second Boer War-Broke the last defensive position
Sunday Aug 26, 1900 - South Africa


Mother Teresa-Birth
Friday Aug 26, 1910 - Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia)


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's older son was murdered
Wednesday Aug 26, 1942 - Italy


World War II-Paris is free
Saturday Aug 26, 1944 - Paris, France


Algerian War-Intelligence gained by Colonel Godard's operatives
Monday Aug 26, 1957 - Algeria


Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was aboard the maiden flight of Air Force One
Wednesday Aug 26, 1959 - U.S.


Berlin Wall-Crossing points Closed
Saturday Aug 26, 1961 - Berlin, East Germany, Germany


Iranian Revolution-Appointment of Jafar Sharif-Emami as prime minister
Saturday Aug 26, 1978 - Iran


Disasters with highest death tolls-Typhoon Ike
Sunday Aug 26, 1984 - Philippines


Second Chechen War-Russia acknowledged bombing raids in Chechnya
Thursday Aug 26, 1999 - Chechnya, Russia


Hurricane Katrina-The National Hurricane Center
Friday Aug 26, 2005 - Mississippi coast, U.S.


Zlatan Ibrahimović-Ibrahimović Made His debut For Inter
Saturday Aug 26, 2006 - Piazzale Angelo Moratti, Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy


Diego Maradona-Maradona was quitting his position in the club Boca Juniors
Saturday Aug 26, 2006 - Buenos Aires, Argentina


Amazon-Amazon launches Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Saturday Aug 26, 2006 - U.S.


Ciro Immobile-First goal for Pescara
Friday Aug 26, 2011 - Italy


Emmanuel Macron-A Minister
Tuesday Aug 26, 2014 - France


YouTube-YouTube Gaming
Wednesday Aug 26, 2015 - San Bruno, California, U.S.


Amazon-Amazon launches Amazon Underground
Wednesday Aug 26, 2015 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.


Lionel Messi-"build a team around the most important player in the world"
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020 - Barcelona, Spain

Anne Marie's death
Thursday Aug 26, 1728 - Orléans
1883


Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Marriage
May, 1883 - India


John Maynard Keynes-Birth
Tuesday Jun 5, 1883 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom


Marie Curie-Graduating From a Gymnasium For Girls
Tuesday Jun 12, 1883 - Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's Birth
Sunday Jul 29, 1883 - Predappio, Forlì-Cesena, Italy


Elizabeth Blackwell-Blackwell met Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1883 - England, United Kingdom


Ottoman Empire-Goltz generation
1883 - Ottoman Empire


Albrecht Kossel-Director of the Chemistry Division
1883 - Berlin, Germany


Thanksgiving-German-American Day
Saturday Oct 6, 1883 - Germany


Incandescent light bulb-The United States Patent Office gave a ruling about Edison's Patents
Monday Oct 8, 1883 - Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.


Kroger-Kroger Founded in Cincinnati
1883 - Cincinnati, Ohio, United States


Sojourner Truth-Death
Monday Nov 26, 1883 - Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.


Sojourner Truth-Funeral
Wednesday Nov 28, 1883 - Kinsman, Ohio, U.S.