Year	Day of month	Locality	Size or weight	Direction	Duration; rate; hour;	Remarks, &c
1510.?	?	Padua	...	...	5 P.M.	Stone-fall?. perhaps=next.
1511.*	Sept. 4	Crema,N. Italy	...	...	...	Stone-fall; many from 1 lb. to 8 lbs.
1516.*	?	River Abdua, China	...	...	...	Stone-fall; 1200 said to have fallen, some 120 lbs.
1516.?	?	China	...	...	...	ditto; several from 1 to 27 lbs. Possibly the same fall, as above, according to different accounts.
1520.	?	Brussels	...	...	...	ditto; before the year 1520.
*	May	Arragon, Spain	20 lbs.	...	...	ditto; several.
1528.*	June 29	Augsburg	...	...	...	ditto.
1540.?	April 28	Limousin, France	...	...	...	Stone-fall. During a hailstorm, stones said to have fallen, one the size of a barrel, entering two ells into the ground.
*	June 14	China	...	...	...	Stone-fall.
1545.*	?	Neuhof, Saxony	...	...	...	Iron-fall; fell or found?. Grimma, Saxony. 1540 according to Boguslawski.
1547.	Apr. 29	Halberstadt	large	...	...	fireball (also seen at Paris).
	Dec. 15	Hamburg	ditto	...	...	ditto
1548.*	Nov. 6	Mansfeld, Thuringia	½ moon	W. to E.	2 A.M.	detonating meteor; aërolitic? (Baumhauer); a substance said to have fallen from it like coagulated blood!
1552.*	May 19	Thuringia, Saxony	...	...	...	Stone-fall.
1554.	Mar. 9	Chalôns	large	...	...	fireball.
1555.	Mar. 13	Thuringia	large	...	...	fireball, tailed.
1557.	Mar. 20	Chalôns	...	...	...	ditto.
*	Nov. 25	Italy	...	...	...	aërolitic.
1559.*	?	Hungary	...	...	...	Stone-fall. According to Kesselmeyer, 1757. Five large stones fell at Miskolez in Borsehor, four of which were sent to Vienna.
1560.?	Dec. 24	Lillebourne	...	...	...	meteor?: set fire to a magazine in the day-time. Aërolitic, according to Baumhauer's Catalogue; doubtful meteorite.
1561.*	May 17	Eilenborg, Torgau	39 lbs.	...	...	Stone-fall, in Prussia. Three fell.
1564.?	Mar. 1	Brussels	...	...	...	aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue).
1566.	July 17	?	...	...	...	fireball.
1500-1600*	?	Valencia, Spain	...	...	...	stones fell?; 1520?.
1565.*	3	China	...	...	...	Stone-fall.
1567.*	Nov. 24	Winterthur	...	...	...	large meteor and detonation.
1570.*	Jan. 10	Anspach	...	...	...	ditto, with detonation.
1572.?	9	Thorn	...	...	...	aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue). Doubtful fall, according to Chladni.
1577.	Oct. 11	Zurich	...	...	...	fireball.
1580.*	May 27	Göttingen?	...	...	2 P.M.	Stone-fall; several fell.
1581.*	July 26	Thuringia	39 lbs.	...	1 ½ P.M.	ditto; one stone.
1583.*	Jan. 9	Castrovillari, Italy	30 lbs.	...	...	ditto ditto
*	Mar. 2	Piedmont	...	...	...	ditto; day-time.
1584.	Feb. 19	?	...	...	...	fireball.
1586.*	Dec. 15	Verden, Hanover	...	...	...	fiery meteor and detonation (december 3, O.S.)? aërolitic, according to Baumhauer's Catalogue: one account says black and red dust fell.
1591.*	June 9	Kunersdorf	...	...	...	Stone-fall; several large stones (19th June?).
1596.*	Mar. 1	Crevalcore, Piedmont	...	...	5 ½ P.M.	ditto.
1601.	Sept. 28	Hanau	...	...	...	fireball.
1603.	Aug. 18	Zurich	...	...	...	ditto (August 8, O.S.).
*	Sept. 19	Germany; Zurich	...	...	...	fiery meteor, followed by a detonation.
1618.	Mar. 7	?	...	...	...	fireball.
*	Nov.	China	...	...	...	Stone-fall.
*	Aug.	Styria	300 lbs.	...	...	Stone-fall (end of August). At Muraköz, on the Styrian frontier, three stones fell, each about 100 lbs.
1619.	Oct. 5	Frauenfeld	...	...	...	fireball.
1620.*	Apr. 17.	Jalindher, Lahore	7 lbs.?	...	...	Iron-fall; 1621?. Fell with great light and noise.
1622.*	Jan. 10	Cornwall, England	...	...	...	Stone-fall; at Tregony. N.B. Not Devonshire.
1623.	Mar. 10	Zurich	...	...	...	fireball (17th March?).
*	Nov. 18	Germany	...	...	...	fireball, and detonation (17th November?).
1624.	7	Tubingen	...	...	...	fireball.
1627.*	27	Provence, France	59 lbs.	...	...	Stone-fall.
1628.*	Apr. 9	Hatford, Berks	24 lbs.+	...	5 P.M.	ditto, accompanied by detonations.
1629.	4	Tubingen	...	...	...	fireball.
1635.	June 21	Vago, Verona	large	N. to S.	...	Stone-fall, night-time. =1668.
*	July 7	Calce, Vicenza	11 ozs.	...	...	Stone-fall; Italy.
1636.*	Mar. 6	Sagan, Silesia	...	...	6 A.M.	Stone-fall; one large one.
*	Dec.	Cüstrinensi Territory?	large	...	...	great fiery globe, and terrific sound
1637.	Oct. 3	France	...	...	...	fireball.
*	Nov. 29	Mount Vaison in Provence, France	38 lbs.	...	10 A.M.	Stone-fall; one fell. Specific gravity 3.5.
1640.	Apr. 4	Holland	...	...	...	fireball.
1642.*	Aug. 4	Suffolk co., England	4 lbs.	...	4 ½ P.M.	Stone-fall, near Woodbridge. Gent. Mag., 1796, p. 1007.
*	Dec 12	Ofen, Hungary	...	...	...	Stone-fall or iron-fall? (Chladni). Between Ofen and Gran.
1643.	Feb. 6	Glarus	...	...	...	meteor
1647.?	?	Rochefort	8 lbs.	...	...	Stone-fall; fell on ship-board, killing two men; it is not stated which Rochefort, probably in France, west coast. It is also stated that at Roquefort, in America?, a stone once fell through the roof of a cottage and killed two men by the roof falling in, having first made a hole of 5 feet in diameter. See Athenæum for 1836, p. 803. Accounts evidently confused.
*	18	Zwickau, Saxony	50 lbs.	...	night	Stone-fall.
*	Aug.	Stolzenau, Germany	...	...	...	Stone-fall; several fell in Westphalia.
1648.	Jan. 8	Naples	...	...	...	fireball; or 10th Janurary.
	Mar. 15	Reutlingen	...	...	...	ditto.
1649.	May 11	Alsace	...	...	...	ditto.
	Sept. 1	Hamburg	...	...	...	ditto; moved in bounds up and down.
1650.*	Aug. 6	Dordrecht, Holland	...	...	...	Stone-fall; one fell.
1651.	Jan. 7	Switzerland	...	...	...	fireball.
1654.*	Mar. 30	Fünen Island, Denmark	...	...	8 A.M.	Stone-fall; many fell.
*	Sept. 4	Milan	...	...	...	ditto (1650?).
1660.	Feb 23	Wittenberg	...	...	...	fireball.
1662.	Apr. 26	Königsberg	...	...	...	ditto
1663.	Mar. 13	Malmöe, Sweden	...	...	...	ditto.
	May 14	Chiloe, South America	large	...	...	ditto.
1664.	Apr. 8	Saxony	...	...	...	ditto.
	Aug. 3	Hungary	large	...	...	left a bright streak or train of light.
	Dec. 18	Croatia	...	...	...	a fiery meteoritic phenomenon seen.
1666.	July 17	Italy?	...	...	...	fireball.
1668.?	June 20	Verona, Italy	200+300 lbs.	...	night	Stone-fall; many fell.
1671.*	Feb. 27	Swabia, Austria	9+10 lbs.	...	...	ditto ditto; night-time.
1673.*	?	Dietling, Bavaria	...	...	...	Stone-fall, at Baden? (Boguslawski's Catalogue).
1674.*	Oct. 6	Glarus, Switzerland	...	...	...	ditto; a large one.
1676.	Jan. 24	Switzerland	...	...	...	fireball.
	Feb. 21	Switzerland	...	...	...	ditto.
*	Mar. 31	Italy; Dalmatia	2 >moon	E.to W.	7 P.M.	fell into the sea near Corsica; detonation. March 31 (21st O.S.) Copinsha, &c., as well as Dalmatia and Leghorn; from 174 miles high to 40: hissing sound heard when it fell into the sea; probably aërolitic. A remarkable meteor; burst with a loud report.
	Apr. 8	Monte Pulciano	...	...	...	fireball.
	Sept. 20	England	...	...	...	ditto.
*	?	Orkneys	...	...	...	Stone-fall; fell into a boat.
1677.*	May 28	Ermendorf	...	...	evening	Stone-fall; several fell. Saxony.
1678.	Feb. 6	Frankfort-on-Maine	...	...	...	fireball.
	Sept. 2	Glarus	...	...	...	ditto (September 13?).
1680.*	May 18	London	2½ in. d.	...	...	Stone-fall; several fell near Gresham College.
	June 1	Leipzig	...	...	...	fireball; 22nd May, O.S.?
	Dec. 17	Courland	...	...	...	ditto.
1682.	May?	Germany	...	...	...	ditto; seen at many places.
	June?	Rochlitz	...	...	...	ditto.
1684.	May 19	Annaberg	...	...	...	fireball.
1684.	Nov. 13	Gottesgabe	...	...	...	ditto.
	17	Brittany	...	...	...	ditto
1685.	Aug. 22	Germany	...	...	...	ditto.
1686.	July 19	Germany; Leipzig	½ moon	E. to W.	7'	stationary for 7'; gradually vanished; 30 miles high.
1687.	May 22	Paris	...	...	...	fireball.
1688.	Apr. 17	Heilbrönn	...	...	...	ditto.
1689.*	Oct. 1	Boston, United States	...	...	...	brilliant bolide; detonation afterwards.
1690.*	Jan. 2	Jena	...	...	...	aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue).
1692.*	Apr. 9	Temesvar, Hungary	...	...	...	fireball, accompanied by detonation; (Chladni).
1697.*	Jan. 13	Pentolina, Siena	...	...	5 P.M.	Stone-fall; several. Italy.
1698.*	May 19	Waltringen, Berne	...	...	7½ P.M.	Stone-fall; a large one, or May 17?. Berne, Zurich, or 27th N.S. "Wolf."

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