1766-Spring: Mount Hecla in Iceland began erupting again, spewing smoke and fire for the first time since its last major activity in 1693.

1766-Spring: Mount Hecla in Iceland began erupting again, spewing smoke and fire for the first time since its last major activity in 1693. Reports from arriving vessels confirmed that the volcano had broken more than seventy years of dormancy. This geological event was shared with the residents of Saint-Domingue as a remarkable piece of international news. The inclusion of such global phenomena in the colonial press served to connect the island’s readers with broader environmental shifts in the North Atlantic.