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Winter (December 21 to March 20)

December 22, 856, Persia, 200,000 dead.

December 23 and 24, 1854, Honshu, 10,000.

December 25, 1899, Palm Springs, 6.

December 28, 893, Dvin, Armenia, 30,000.

January 1, 1837, Galilee, 7,000.

January 11, 1693, Catania, 60,000.

January 14 and 16, and February 2, 1703, Apennines, 10,000. A southern progression!

January 19, 749, The Levant. Complete destruction.

January 23, 1556, Shansi, China, 800,000.

January 25, 1348, Friuli, 10,000. Plague followed.

January 26, 1531, Lisbon, 30,000.

January 28, 1872, Shemakha, Caucasia (see 1667 and 1902). Large toll.

February 2, 1428, Catalonia, 10,000.

February 4, 1169, Sicily, 15,000.

February 4, 1797, Quito, 40,000. Humboldt’s notes.

February 4 to 7, and March 1 and March 28, 1783, Calabria, 50,000. I can discern no directional pattern.

February 16, 1810, Crete, 2,000. Accompanied by a wave.

February 20, 1835, Concepción, 50. See CD’s notes.

February 28, 1780, Persia, 200,000.

March 3, 1901, Parkfield, California,?

—from Walton Remfrey ’s red notebook