Avellino eruption of Vesuvius

Name: Avellino eruption of Vesuvius
Start: -1995
Location: Mount Vesuvius

c. 1995 BC · Mount Vesuvius · Europe · Nature

Bigger than Pompeii's blast, yet Bronze Age villagers escape

Avellino eruption of Vesuvius — Pierpaolo Petrone · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Long before Pompeii, Vesuvius produced an even larger eruption, estimated at around 1995 BC (dates vary by centuries). Bronze Age villagers managed to flee: thousands of their footprints are preserved in the ash.

Wikipedia (English) · 20th century BC

Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)

Asia

c. 2000 BC Last woolly mammoths — 5 years earlier