An eclipse of the sun was seen from France.

A potential eclipse took place, although the area of totality is not known.

There was an eclipse of the Sun over Scotland and the north of England. Accounts detailed by Florence of Worcester report strange events happening including ships moving on their own accord and churches as if by a profuse pirspiration. The partial eclipse also being seen by King Henry when waiting to cross the Channel for Normandy. This may have happened in 1132.

An eye-witness account from William of Malmesbury tells of an earthquake affecting many parts of England. (Symeon of Durham's Historia Regum, by John of Hexham.) This is interesting as it occurred just after an eclipse. See year 1185 when another eclipse and earthquake occurred.

The Anglo Saxon Chronicles reported that an eclipse of the sun occurred.

There was an eclipse of the Sun over the north of Europe. Interestingly, there was an earthquake that damaged Lincoln Cathedral in 1185. Did the earthquake happen before or after the eclipse? Are the two events related?

An eclipse of the moon occurred at around midnight. (Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC)

A partial eclipse of the sun occurred several days before the Turks captured Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

A total eclipse of the sun occurred on the same day as the death of Queen Anne. This was seen as a bad omen for King Richard. The track of total eclipse being in Scoctland and the north of England.

Columbus had a book written by a German astronomer that predicted eclipses and he was able to use this information to trick the native Jamaicans. Columbus informed the leaders of the natives that God was not happy because they had stopped supplying the Spaniards with food and to prove this God would turn the moon blood red. This happens when the moon goes behind the Earth. When this event took place the natives were so afraid that they began supplying all the food that the Spaniards needed.

Magellan observed a solar eclipse while anchored off the east coast of current-day Argentina.