536 AD Was ‘The Worst Year To Be Alive’

According to research from a Harvard professor, the year 536AD is a prime candidate for the unfortunate accolade as the worst year in the entirety of human history. The bleak year kick-started the coldest decade for more than two millennia

Daily Mail: Why 536 AD was the worst year to be alive: Scientists say a mysterious fog that blocked out the sun causing crop failures and widespread famine was the worst global disaster in history

* 536AD was the start of 18 months of solid darkness caused by a mysterious fog
* Harvard professor believes this is the worst year in the entirety of human history
* Triggered a century of famine, crop failure, cold weather, disease and death

Bubonic plague, famine, war and flu pandemics have made some periods of human history infamous for death and suffering but one year stands above the rest in terms of misery; 536AD.

According to research from a Harvard professor, it is a prime candidate for the unfortunate accolade of the worst year in the entirety of recorded history.

Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia were plunged into 18 months of solid darkness by a mysterious fog.

It caused snowfall in China, continental-scale crop failure, extreme drought, famine and disease throughout most of the northern hemisphere.

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Update: Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (Science)

WNU Editor: No sun for 18 months. There must have been mass starvation and mass migration during this time.