I had not heard of this one, but I did know about 1816, the Year without a Summer. I came across it when I heard a radio play, featuring the young (7 year old) Edgar Allen Poe, and a family in the Lake District when all the harvest failed. Just put 1816into Google and lots comes up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer http://volcanoes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_year_without_a_summer_1816 http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200124/000020012401A0929483.php There are others! Jean