In A.D. 536, Europe had a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad year. It started when a mysterious ... the Middle East and parts of Asia into darkness 24 hours a day, for 18 months.

Fog caused complete darkness in Europe ... were so severe that the records tell of “a failure of bread from the years 536–539”. Temperatures in the summer of 536 fell to between 1.5 ...

From early 536 to 537, they stayed dark ... which diminished health and quality of life in those years of darkness. McCormick said that as more natural climate records and LALIA reconstructions ...

The year 536 was marked by an 18-month-long mysterious fog that caused unprecedented darkness and cooling, leading to failed crops and famine across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This was ...