A lot to share today ...August 02, 1133 Duke Frederick . . . set fire to the town of Augsburg and killed many of its citizens . . . An eclipse of the Sun occurred on the 4th day before the Nones of August at midday for about an hour, such as is not seen in a thousand years. Eventually the whole sky was dark like night, and stars were seen over almost the whole sky. At length the Sun, emerging from the darkness, appeared like a star, afterwards in the form of a new Moon; finally it assumed its original form. Refers to a total solar eclipse in Augsburg of 2 August 1133. August 02, 1133 In the year of the Incarnation of our Lord 1133 . . . on the 4th day before the Nones of August (Aug 2), the 4th day of the week (Wednesday) when the day was declining towards the ninth hour, the Sun in a single moment became as black as pitch, day was turned into night, very many stars were seen, objects on the ground appeared as they usually do at night. Refers to a total solar eclipse in Heilsbronn, Germany, of 2 August 1133. August 02, 1133 In this year King Henry went over sea at Lammas, and the second day as he lay and slept on the ship the day darkened over all lands; and the Sun became as it were a three-night-old Moon, and the stars about it at mid-day. Men were greatly wonder-stricken and were affrighted, and said that a great thing should come thereafter. So it did, for the same year the king died on the following day after St Andrew‘s Mass-day, Dec 2 in Normandy. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle Refers to the total solar eclipse of 2 August 1133. August 02, 1133 That great eclipse of the Sun occurred on the 4th day before the Nones of August, the 27th day of the Moon, the 13th year of the Indiction. After midday, between the 7th and 8th hours, an eclipse of the Sun was seen in Leo . . . Very many stars were seen near the Sun; the hearts of many were transfixed, despairing of the light. The Sun, as if it did not exist was entirely concealed; for about half an hour it was like night. The face of the world was sad, terrible, black, wonderful. Refers to a total solar eclipse of 2 August 1133. August 02, 1133 The elements manifested their sorrow at this great mans [King Henry 1] departure from England. For the Sun on that day at the 6th hour shrouded his glorious face, as the poets say, in hideous darkness, agitating the hearts of men by an eclipse; and on the 6th day of the week early in the morning there was so great an earthquake that the ground appeared absolutely to sink down; an horrid noise being first heard beneath the surface. Refers to the total solar eclipse of 2 August 1133. August 02, 1133 The last total solar eclipse at Jerusalem took place on 1133 August 2. The next total solar eclipses will be 2241 August 8, 2548 August 5, and 3275 July 15. There was also a total eclipse on 993 August 20, only 140 years before that of 1133. August 02, 1880 Greenwich time became civil time for England, Scotland and Wales. August 02, 1956 Birthday of meteorologist and eclipse chaser Joe Rao. On the day of the solar eclipse of 02 August 2046 he will be 90. August 02, 2027 Another very long Total Solar Eclipse, Saros successor of the Chinese one in 2009. Visible in North Africa and Middle East. August 02, 2027 Next total solar eclipse in Algeria and Sudan. The last total solar eclipse there was for both in 1973 Jun 30. It is also the next total solar eclipse for Morocco which had their last total solar eclispe in 1959 Oct 2. And it was also the next total solar eclipse for Saudi Arabia which had their last one in 1952 Feb 25. And the next one for Tunisia which had their last one in 1905 Aug 30. It is also the next total solar eclipse for Yemen which had their last one on 1868 Aug 18. August 02, 2046 Two total solar eclipses at an interval of only 12 lunations (354 days) are possible, such as 12 August 2045 and 2 August 2046 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil. But together with the total solar eclipse of 30 April 2060, this is a trio occurring in a time span shorter than 20 year. This is the next trio. The last trio was over a part of Kazakhstan, east of the Aral Sea when the paths of the total eclipses of 21 September 1941, 9 July 1945 and 25 February 1952 passed. In the period 1401 - 30–0 there are 77 trios, each occurring in a time span shorter than 20 year. August 02, 2046 Next total solar eclipse in Kerguelen Island. The last total solar eclipse there was 1603 Nov 3. It is also the next total solar eclipse in Swaziland which had their last one in 1874 Apr 16. Did you read it all?
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