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What weather event triggered the Great Famine of 1315–1322?
The English chronicler John Trokelowe recorded that the rain that began on Pentecost — 15 May 1315 — was 'wet beyond memory.' It continued through the summer, the wettest documented in northern Europe between approximately 800 and 1500. The grain crops failed across the affected region; the pattern repeated in 1316 and 1317. The Great Famine opened the Little Ice Age.
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The Seven Years Europe Ate Its Own The rain started in May 1315 and did not stop. Across northern Europe the harvest failed for three years running. By 1317 cities were locking up their own children.
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