Mount Tambora

The mountain is located in Sumbawa has erupted fiercely on April 10, 1815. Flash sound heard until Sumatra island. His ashes cause of Sumbawa, Lombok, Madura, Bali and East Java some pitch dark for three days.

Victims of the estimated 10,000 people erupted. Then, the impact is not immediate such as disease and hunger also claimed many lives. Total estimated 92,000 people stretch lives.

The famous Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte also affected indirectly from the eruption of Mount Tambora. Troops stuck in a constant rain in Waterloo, Belgium due to climate change.

As a result, Napoleon had to surrender the combined forces of the United Kingdom-the Netherlands-Germany. He was forced to abdicate and is exiled to the island of Saint Helena.

Do not stop until, in 1816, there was no summer in the northern hemisphere due to the eruption of Tambora. Any snow storms swept some parts of Europe.