more precisely in 1815 -, Mount Tambora erupted for 5 days. It began on April 5, and reached its peak on April 10, 1815. At that time the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Thomas Stamford Raffles in his book The History of Java, said that from the northeast of Cirebon the sky was very dark due to falling ash, even the sun did not show its light . Vibration due to the eruption at that time can be felt up to the plains of Java.
