Mount Vesuvius Timeline of Events

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Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting...

Timeline of Events

8.23.79

Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

8.24.79

Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).

1906

4.7.1906

Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

1944

3.18.1944

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.