What Was the Biggest Volcanic Eruption In the World and How Many People Died When Mount Tambora Erupted?
Mount Tambora’s 1815 eruption was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, and the deadliest in the world. The Tambora volcano in Indonesia killed about 90,000 people in 1815. Most of the victims died of starvation and disease after the eruption. Crops and livestock were destroyed and the water became contaminated, lea