A total solar eclipse occurred on Monday, April 8 [O.S. March 29] 1652. The path of totality intersected the British Isles, including the town of Carrickfergus in Ireland, and passed just off the west coast of Norway.
The day acquired the name "Mirk Monday" in Scotland, due to the darkness that fell across the country. Contemporary astrologers Nicholas Culpeper and William Lilly made broad and catastrophic predictions of the eclipse's effects on the world, which attracted criticism in the aftermath of the event.
One 19th century source misreported the date of the eclipse as March 24, 1652.
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