Mount Tambora on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, is known to be the one of the largest eruptions of all time and also the deadliest of all time in terms of lives taken.
It is believed to have killed 71,000 people. 11,000-12000 of which were killed directly by the eruption. The explosion was heard from Sumatra Island which is over 2,000 km away.
The eruption created global climate problems and 1816 became known as The Year Without A Summer. As a result of the eruption, livestock were killed and crops failed causing the worst famine of the 19th century.
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