Aug 23   Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.   

Aug 24   Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15000 die   

Aug 24   Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum.   

Aug 25   Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies   

Sep 23   Pope Linus.   

Nov 01   Pompei buried by Mt Vesuvius   

Nov 01   The city of Pompei is buried by an erupting Mt Vesuvius.   

Jun 23   Vespasian: Roman emperor (b. 9)   

Aug 24   Pliny the elder: Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

Aug 25   Gaius plinius secundus: [plinius maior], roman admiral/writer,    

Sep 23   Pope linus: Pope linus