Bengal Famine of 1770
As many as ten million people die as a result of the severe famine.
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As many as ten million people die as a result of the severe famine.
A severe famine hits the Deccan region in India from 1630–1632.
The eruption kills nearly the entire population of the island of Sumbawa and destroys the coasts of two further Indonesian islands. The spread of ash clouds leads to “the year without summer.”