<Table> <Tr> <Td colspan="5"> <H3> Pre-1500 ( edit ) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date ( GC ) </Th> <Th> Area ( s ) affected </Th> <Th> Damage / notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1330 BC </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> <Td> `` Hurricane Elisenda '' , similar to Hurricane Joan -- Miriam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 250 BC </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from Gales Point and Mullins River . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 465 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 765 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 795 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 830 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> Presumably a category 4 or 5 hurricane that made landfall near Mobile Bay . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 885 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1050 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1140 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> Presumably a category 4 or 5 hurricane that made landfall near Mobile Bay . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1250 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1350 ± 55 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> New England </Td> <Td> Intense prehistoric hurricane making landfall near Rhode Island , similar to the 1815 and 1938 storms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1310 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1330 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1430 ± 20 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> New England </Td> <Td> Intense prehistoric hurricane making landfall near Rhode Island , similar to the 1815 and 1938 storms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1465 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1494 </Td> <Td> Late ~ 24 September ( O.S. Mid - ~ 15 September ) </Td> <Td> Hispaniola </Td> <Td> A `` violent hurricane '' struck Hispaniola near La Isabela from southwest . It was the first hurricane in the Atlantic basin observed and reported by Europeans . Storm occurred during Christopher Columbus 's second voyage to Hispaniola . Fleet arrived to Saona on day before September eclipse on 14 September ( OS ) / 23 September ( NS ) and storm occurred shortly after this time . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1495 </Td> <Td> late October </Td> <Td> Hispaniola </Td> <Td> Also affected La Isabela , damaging some of the ships in the harbor . `` When the hurricane reached the harbor , it whirled the ships round as they lay at anchor , snapped their cables , and sank three of them with all who were on board . '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="5"> <H3> 1500 -- 1524 ( edit ) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date ( GC ) </Th> <Th> Area ( s ) affected </Th> <Th> Damage / notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1500 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize , Leeward Antilles ? </Td> <Td> A `` giant hurricane '' , by far the strongest to strike Belize since the 3rd millennium BC . Identified in sediment cores from Gales Point and Mullins River , it is assumed `` to have caused devastating large - scale social disruptions '' among postclassical Maya civilization . Could be identical with the ~ 1515 Belize hurricane identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . An extreme storm surge struck Bonaire around 1500 , too . Given the sheer magnitude of the event , however , particularly in comparison to Hurricane Hattie ( Belize ) and Hurricane Ivan ( Bonaire ) , some conclude this might have been caused by an underwater earthquake . Reportedly , a massive tsunami hit the
<Table> <Tr> <Td colspan="5"> <H3> Pre-1500 ( edit ) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date ( GC ) </Th> <Th> Area ( s ) affected </Th> <Th> Damage / notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1330 BC </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> <Td> `` Hurricane Elisenda '' , similar to Hurricane Joan -- Miriam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 250 BC </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from Gales Point and Mullins River . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 465 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 765 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 795 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 830 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> Presumably a category 4 or 5 hurricane that made landfall near Mobile Bay . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 885 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1050 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1140 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> Presumably a category 4 or 5 hurricane that made landfall near Mobile Bay . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1250 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1350 ± 55 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> New England </Td> <Td> Intense prehistoric hurricane making landfall near Rhode Island , similar to the 1815 and 1938 storms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1310 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1330 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1430 ± 20 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> New England </Td> <Td> Intense prehistoric hurricane making landfall near Rhode Island , similar to the 1815 and 1938 storms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1465 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize </Td> <Td> A major hurricane landfall identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1494 </Td> <Td> Late ~ 24 September ( O.S. Mid - ~ 15 September ) </Td> <Td> Hispaniola </Td> <Td> A `` violent hurricane '' struck Hispaniola near La Isabela from southwest . It was the first hurricane in the Atlantic basin observed and reported by Europeans . Storm occurred during Christopher Columbus 's second voyage to Hispaniola . Fleet arrived to Saona on day before September eclipse on 14 September ( OS ) / 23 September ( NS ) and storm occurred shortly after this time . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1495 </Td> <Td> late October </Td> <Td> Hispaniola </Td> <Td> Also affected La Isabela , damaging some of the ships in the harbor . `` When the hurricane reached the harbor , it whirled the ships round as they lay at anchor , snapped their cables , and sank three of them with all who were on board . '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="5"> <H3> 1500 -- 1524 ( edit ) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date ( GC ) </Th> <Th> Area ( s ) affected </Th> <Th> Damage / notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ~ 1500 </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Belize , Leeward Antilles ? </Td> <Td> A `` giant hurricane '' , by far the strongest to strike Belize since the 3rd millennium BC . Identified in sediment cores from Gales Point and Mullins River , it is assumed `` to have caused devastating large - scale social disruptions '' among postclassical Maya civilization . Could be identical with the ~ 1515 Belize hurricane identified in sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole . An extreme storm surge struck Bonaire around 1500 , too . Given the sheer magnitude of the event , however , particularly in comparison to Hurricane Hattie ( Belize ) and Hurricane Ivan ( Bonaire ) , some conclude this might have been caused by an underwater earthquake . Reportedly , a massive tsunami hit the
when was the first recorded hurricane report made
when was the first recorded hurricane report made
1494
1494