Dates after 1582 are Gregorian although Great Britain adopted this new calendar in 1752. I should remind you that all UrukFSP’s calculations adopt the most recent studies about DeltaT (Stephenson et al. 2021) in order to get the best estimation possible of this value and the DE440/DE441 JPL Solar System Model.
John of Worcester (a chronicler) – “In 1133 a darkness appeared in the sky throughout England. In some places it was only a little dark but in others candles were needed. … The sun looked like a new moon, though its shape constantly changed. Some said that this was an eclipse of the sun. If so, then the sun was at the Head of the Dragon and the moon at its Tail, or vice versa. … King Henry left England for Normandy, never to return alive.”
William of Malmesbury (1140 CE) – “There was an eclipse throughout England, and the darkness was so great that people at first thought the world was ending. Afterwards they realised it was an eclipse, went out, and could see the stars in the sky. It was thought and said by many, not untruly, that the king would soon lose his power.”
The 1433 total eclipse happened mainly in Scotland, in the afternoon. It was called “The Black Hour Eclipse”. In Edinburgh totality lasted 3m 41s.
