Comets | World History Atlas

Over 10,738 documented astronomical events — solar and lunar eclipses, comets, supernovae and planetary transits — from 9000 BCE to the present, listed chronologically. Deep-time (BCE) records form the core of this index.

All 10,738 ☀️ Solar Eclipse 9,490 🌑 Lunar Eclipse 355 ☄️ Comet 710 ✨ Supernova 172 🪐 Planetary Transit 11

465 BCEHalley's Comet · Comet
371 BCEGreat Comet of 373 BC · Comet
16 May 42 BCECaesar's Comet · Comet
6 April 574 CEC/574 G1 · Comet
770 CEC/770 K1 · Comet
2 February 1106 CEX/1106 C1 · Comet
10 October 1132 CEC/1132 T1 · Comet
3 February 1240 CEC/1240 B1 · Comet
1264 CEGreat Comet of 1264 · Comet
17 February 1402 CEC/1402 D1 · Comet
6 July 1533 CEC/1533 M1 · Comet
1577 CEGreat Comet of 1577 · Comet
5 March 1590 CEC/1590 E1 · Comet
29 November 1618 CEC/1618 W1 · Comet
16 December 1652 CEC/1652 Y1 · Comet
17 November 1664 CEC/1664 W1 · Comet
27 March 1665 CEC/1665 F1 · Comet
14 November 1680 CEGreat Comet of 1680 · Comet
20 July 1683 CEC/1683 O1 · Comet
1 July 1684 CEC/1684 N1 · Comet
12 August 1686 CEC/1686 R1 · Comet
20 April 1702 CEC/1702 H1 · Comet
20 March 1706 CEC/1706 F1 · Comet
29 November 1707 CEC/1707 W1 · Comet
28 May 1739 CEC/1739 K1 · Comet
5 February 1742 CEC/1742 C1 · Comet
9 December 1743 CEGreat Comet of 1744 · Comet
7 January 1760 CEC/1760 A1 · Comet
8 August 1769 CEC/1769 P1 · Comet
9 January 1771 CEC/1771 A1 (Great comet) · Comet
19 November 1783 CE226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski · Comet
17 January 1786 CEComet Encke · Comet
21 December 1788 CE35P/Herschel–Rigollet · Comet
9 January 1790 CE8P/Tuttle · Comet
11 July 1801 CEC/1801 N1 · Comet
26 August 1802 CEC/1802 Q1 · Comet
7 March 1804 CEC/1804 E1 · Comet
9 November 1806 CEC/1806 V1 · Comet
11 September 1808 CEC/1808 R1 (PONS) · Comet
24 June 1808 CEC/1808 M1 · Comet
25 March 1808 CEC/1808 F1 · Comet
23 August 1810 CEC/1810 Q1 · Comet
1811 CEGreat Comet of 1811 · Comet
16 November 1811 CEC/1811 W1 · Comet
21 July 1812 CE12P/Pons–Brooks · Comet
4 February 1813 CEC/1813 C1 · Comet
3 April 1813 CEC/1813 G1 · Comet
6 March 1815 CE13P/Olbers · Comet
22 January 1816 CEC/1816 B1 · Comet
7 May 1817 CEC/1817 Y1 · Comet
23 February 1818 CE27P/Crommelin · Comet
28 November 1818 CEC/1818 W2 · Comet
12 June 1819 CE7P/Pons–Winnecke · Comet
14 December 1819 CE289P/Blanpain · Comet
1 July 1819 CEC/1819 N1 · Comet
13 July 1822 CEC/1822 N1 · Comet
31 May 1822 CEC/1822 K1 · Comet
15 July 1825 CEC/1825 N1 (Pons) · Comet
9 August 1825 CEC/1825 P1 · Comet
7 November 1825 CEC/1825 V1 · Comet
27 February 1826 CEBiela's Comet · Comet
7 August 1826 CEC/1826 P1 · Comet
26 December 1826 CEC/1826 Y1 · Comet
22 October 1826 CEC/1826 U1 · Comet
21 June 1827 CE273P/Pons–Gambart · Comet
3 August 1827 CEC/1827 P1 · Comet
16 March 1830 CEC/1830 F1 · Comet
7 January 1831 CEC/1831 A1 · Comet
1 October 1833 CEC/1833 S1 (Dunlop) · Comet
23 November 1843 CE4P/Faye · Comet
5 February 1843 CEGreat Comet of 1843 · Comet
23 August 1844 CE54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT · Comet
1845 CEC/1845 L1 · Comet
25 February 1845 CEC/1845 D1 (de Vico) · Comet
26 February 1846 CE5D/Brorsen · Comet
26 June 1846 CE80P/Peters–Hartley · Comet
20 February 1846 CE122P/de Vico · Comet
30 January 1846 CEC/1846 B1 (de Vico) · Comet
30 July 1846 CEC/1846 O1 (de Vico-Hind) · Comet
23 September 1846 CEC/1846 S1 (de Vico) · Comet
20 July 1847 CE23P/Brorsen–Metcalf · Comet
1847 CEC/1847 T1 · Comet
6 February 1847 CEC/1847 C1 (Hind) · Comet
13 May 1847 CEC/1847 J1 (Colla) · Comet
28 June 1851 CE6P/d'Arrest · Comet
24 July 1852 CE20D/Westphal · Comet
15 May 1852 CEC/1852 K1 · Comet
10 June 1853 CEC/1853 L1 · Comet
6 March 1853 CEC/1853 E1 Secchi · Comet
25 November 1853 CEC/1853 W1 (van Arsdale) · Comet
29 March 1854 CEC/1854 F1 · Comet
6 June 1854 CEC/1854 L1 · Comet
11 September 1854 CEC/1854 R1 (Klinkerfues) · Comet
5 June 1855 CEC/1855 L1 Donati · Comet
14 January 1855 CEC/1854 Y1 (Winnecke-Dien) · Comet
10 November 1857 CEC/1857 V1 (Donati-van Arsdale) · Comet
22 June 1857 CEC/1857 M1 (Klinkerfues) · Comet
20 August 1857 CEC/1857 Q1 · Comet
2 June 1858 CEComet Donati · Comet
3 May 1858 CE41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák · Comet
18 June 1860 CEC/1860 M1 (Great comet) · Comet
13 May 1861 CEC/1861 J1 · Comet
5 April 1861 CEC/1861 G1 (Thatcher) · Comet
16 July 1862 CEComet Swift–Tuttle · Comet
28 November 1862 CEC/1862 W1 (Respighi) · Comet
12 April 1863 CEC/1863 G1 (Klinkerfues) · Comet
15 April 1863 CEC/1863 G2 (Respighi) · Comet
28 December 1863 CEC/1863 Y1 (Respighi) · Comet
1 July 1864 CEC/1864 N1 (Tempel) · Comet
27 July 1864 CEC/1864 O1 (Donati-Toussaint) · Comet
10 September 1864 CEC/1864 R1 (Donati) · Comet
17 January 1865 CEC/1865 B1 · Comet
6 January 1866 CE55P/Tempel–Tuttle · Comet
3 April 1867 CETempel 1 · Comet
22 January 1867 CE38P/Stephan–Oterma · Comet
27 November 1869 CE11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR · Comet
3 July 1873 CE10P/Tempel · Comet
17 April 1874 CEC/1874 H1 · Comet
1 February 1880 CEC/1880 C1 · Comet
4 October 1881 CE72D/Denning-Fujikawa · Comet
22 May 1881 CEC/1881 K1 · Comet
1 September 1882 CEGreat Comet of 1882 · Comet
18 March 1882 CEC/1882 F1 · Comet
17 September 1884 CE14P/Wolf · Comet
1 December 1885 CEC/1885 X1 (Fabry) · Comet
26 September 1886 CE15P/Finlay · Comet
2 May 1886 CED/1886 K1 (Brooks) · Comet
7 July 1889 CE16P/Brooks · Comet
24 June 1889 CE177P/Barnard · Comet
16 November 1889 CE64P/Swift–Gehrels · Comet
17 November 1890 CE113P/Spitaler · Comet
29 March 1891 CEC/1891 F1 (Barnard-Denning) · Comet
7 November 1892 CEComet Holmes · Comet
17 October 1892 CE206P/Barnard–Boattini · Comet
6 March 1892 CEC/1892 E1 (Swift) · Comet
8 July 1893 CEC/1893 N1 (Rordame-Quenisset) · Comet
17 October 1893 CEC/1893 U1 (Brooks) · Comet
1 April 1894 CEC/1894 G1 · Comet
9 December 1896 CE18D/Perrine–Mrkos · Comet
4 September 1896 CE205P/Giacobini · Comet
10 June 1898 CEC/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly) · Comet
20 December 1900 CE21P/Giacobini–Zinner · Comet
12 April 1901 CEGreat Comet of 1901 · Comet
23 July 1902 CE26P/Grigg–Skjellerup · Comet
28 December 1904 CE19P/Borrelly · Comet
22 August 1906 CE22P/Kopff · Comet
15 November 1906 CE97P/Metcalf–Brewington · Comet
9 June 1907 CEC/1907 L2 (Daniel) · Comet
14 April 1907 CEC/1907 G1 (Grigg-Mellish) · Comet
13 October 1907 CEC/1907 T1 (Mellish) · Comet
1 September 1908 CEComet Morehouse · Comet
7 December 1909 CE33P/Daniel · Comet
15 June 1909 CEC/1909 L1 (Borrelly-Daniel) · Comet
12 January 1910 CEGreat January comet of 1910 · Comet
1 December 1911 CE24P/Schaumasse · Comet
1 July 1911 CEC/1911 O1 · Comet
29 September 1911 CEC/1911 S3 · Comet
6 July 1911 CEC/1911 N1 (Kiess) · Comet
23 September 1911 CEC/1911 S2 (Quenisset) · Comet
8 September 1912 CEC/1912 R1 (Gale) · Comet
4 September 1913 CE28P/Neujmin · Comet
27 October 1913 CEC/1913 Y1 · Comet
24 November 1915 CE69P/Taylor · Comet
10 February 1915 CEC/1915 C1 (Mellish) · Comet
24 February 1916 CE25D/Neujmin · Comet
19 March 1917 CEC/1917 F1 (Mellish) · Comet
22 August 1919 CEC/1919 Q2 · Comet
22 December 1924 CE43P/Wolf–Harrington · Comet
22 May 1925 CEC/1925 F1 (Shajn–Comas Sola) · Comet
3 April 1925 CEC/1925 G1 (Orkisz) · Comet
13 November 1925 CEC/1925 V1 (Wilk-Peltier) · Comet
6 November 1926 CE32P/Comas Solà · Comet
15 November 1927 CE29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann · Comet
7 June 1927 CE34D/Gale · Comet
6 December 1927 CEComet Skjellerup–Maristany · Comet
1927 CEComet Stearns · Comet
11 January 1927 CEC/1927 A1 (Blathwayt) · Comet
22 February 1928 CE30P/Reinmuth · Comet
17 January 1929 CE31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann · Comet
2 August 1929 CE42P/Neujmin · Comet
1 August 1929 CE37P/Forbes · Comet
20 December 1929 CEC/1929 Y1 (Wilk) · Comet
2 May 1930 CE73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann · Comet
31 May 1930 CEC/1930 L1 (Forbes) · Comet
21 March 1930 CEC/1930 F1 (Wilk) · Comet
12 January 1931 CE274P/Tombaugh–Tenagra · Comet
15 July 1931 CEC/1931 O1 (Nagata) · Comet
15 December 1932 CEC/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes) · Comet
8 August 1932 CEC/1932 P1 (Peltier-Whipple) · Comet
15 October 1933 CE36P/Whipple · Comet
16 February 1933 CEC/1933 D1 (Peltier) · Comet
20 September 1936 CE58P/Jackson–Neujmin · Comet
1936 CEC/1936 O1 (Kaho-Kozik-Lis) · Comet
15 May 1936 CEC/1936 K1 (Peltier) · Comet
4 July 1937 CEC/1937 N1 (Finsler) · Comet
8 February 1939 CE40P/Väisälä · Comet
7 October 1939 CE139P/Väisälä–Oterma · Comet
15 April 1939 CEC/1939 H1 (Jurlof-Achmarof-Hassel) · Comet
17 January 1939 CEC/1939 B1 (Kozik-Peltier) · Comet
1 October 1940 CEC/1940 S1 (Okabayasi-Honda) · Comet

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