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This is a list of almost every tornado that happened in the world along with the intensity (if available), what date they occurred, where they occurred, deaths, and more. This is an incomplete list, and most likely, will never be completed. However, we will attempt to document as many as we can.

Pre-1900[]

Pre-1900
F#
Location
Date
Fatalities
Notes
Freising, Holy Roman Empire December 31, 788 First recorded tornado in recorded history.
Rosdalla, Ireland April 3, 1054
F4 London, England October 23, 1091
2
A tornado that smashed through the city of London
F3
Vyšehrad, Czech Republic July 30, 1119 Very destructive tornado that damaged the palace of Czech duke
Bohemia, Czech Republic May 14, 1144 Two tornadoes that touched down near a military camp of duke Oto
Prague, Czech Republic April 8, 1255 The tornado struck the Prague castle
Valletta, Malta September 23, 1551
≈600
One of the deadliest European tornadoes, by killing at least 600 in an armada
Neznašov, Czech Republic July 6, 1585
?
None.
Augsburg, Germany July 2, 1587
?
None.
F4
Rome, Italy December 4, 1645
Several (exact number unknown)
Modern fujita scale puts this storm at F4.
La Rochelle-Paris, France September 1669
?
Longest track tornado family in Europe.
Cádiz, Spain March 1671
Several (exact number unknown)
Apparently very violent.
Utrecht, Netherlands August 1, 1674
?
Destroyed part of the Dom Tower of Utrecht.
F3
Rome, Italy June 12, 1749
3
A tornado that struck Rome and damaged several houses
F5
Natchez, USA May 6, 1840
317
Super destructive tornado that leveled two towns alongside the Mississippi river
F5
Sicily, Italy December 8, 1851
≈500
Two tornadoes that formed from one super tornado that tore through the Sicilian shore
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