Other volcanoes that erupted during the era and may have contributed to the cooling include Billy Mitchell ( ca . 1580 ) , Huaynaputina ( 1600 ) , Mount Parker ( 1641 ) , Long Island ( Papua New Guinea ) ( ca . 1660 ) , and Laki ( 1783 ) . The 1815 eruption of Tambora , also in Indonesia , blanketed the atmosphere with ash ; the following year , 1816 , came to be known as the Year Without a Summer , when frost and snow were reported in June and July in both New England and Northern Europe
Year Without a Summer
Year Without a Summer
Little Ice Age