1816 is known as the "Year Without a Summer" due to the eruption of what volcano?

The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia is the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history. The explosion killed more than 10,000 people from its direct effects and spewed so much ash into the atmosphere that it actually lowered the global temperature. This worldwide cooling led to 1816 being called the "Year Without a Summer".

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