The Times newspaper for 9th June publishes an article on the Icelandic earthquake which "caused the French Revolution".
How an Icelandic earthquake ‘caused the French Revolution’ (thetimes.co.uk)
The eruption of the Laki fissure in southern Iceland caused widespread climatic disruption and famine across Europe in the winter of 1783-84. In France, 5 per cent of the population died, a disaster that contributed to the rural upheavals of the Revolution.
The eruption was the subject of a BBC TIMEWATCH documentary:
This 2005 article has all the science:
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