Mount Vesuvius has erupted more than 50 times, so there isn't 1 specific date of when it erupted.
Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting.
The last time Mount Vesuvius erupted was 1944. It's best known eruption was in AD 79, at which time it destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii. There were warnings in the form of earthquakes, but the people nearby didn't recognize that they were in fact warning signs of an impending eruption.
Mount Vesuvius last erupted in 1944.
in 79 ad
About 38,500 years ago.
Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting.
AD79
The last time Mount Vesuvius erupted was 1944. It's best known eruption was in AD 79, at which time it destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii. There were warnings in the form of earthquakes, but the people nearby didn't recognize that they were in fact warning signs of an impending eruption.
Mount Vesuvius last erupted in 1944.
in 79 ad
As of the year 2016 it has been 1,937 years since Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii in the year 79.
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD according to Wikipedia, Destroying both Pompeii and Herculaneum.
it erupted in the year 1783
79 AD.
79 CE
About 38,500 years ago.
Mount Vesuvius is a volcano with a history of producing enormous explosive eruptions. Most famously it destroyed Pompeii and several other towns in 79 AD. Today about 3 million people live near the volcano, close enough to be affected by falling ash and pyroclastic flows.