• 838, December 26, Netherlands, more than 2,400 deaths • 1014, September 28, Netherlands, several thousands of deaths • 1099, November 11, The
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states, that in London "On the festival of St Martin, the sea flood sprung up to such a height and did so much harm as no man remembered that it ever did before". • 1164, February 16,
Saint Juliana flood, Netherlands and Germany, several thousands of deaths • 1170, November 1,
All Saints' Flood, Netherlands, marks beginning of creation of
Zuiderzee • 1212, Netherlands, possible 36,000 or 60,000 deaths, but doubt whether it happened at all. • 1219, January 16,
Saint Marcellus flood, Netherlands and Germany, 36,000 deaths struck
West Friesland • 1248, a year with three storm tides in The Netherlands with major inundations • 1277, Netherlands and Germany, formation of
Dollart • 1277, Netherlands and Germany, formation of
Lauwerszee • 1282, Netherlands, separates island of
Texel from mainland • 1287, December 13,
Saint Lucia flood, Netherlands, formation of
Waddenzee and Zuiderzee, 50,000–80,000 deaths. Major impact on Cinque Ports in England. in October 1634 • 1288, February 5,
Saint Agathaflood, Netherlands, several thousands of deaths • 1322, Netherlands and Belgium,
Flanders loses all coastal islands, many deaths especially in
Holland,
Zeeland and Flanders • 1334, November 23, Netherlands, several thousands of deaths • 1362, January 16,
Grote Mandrenke (big drowner of men) or
Saint Marcellus flood, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, created a great part of the
Wadden Sea and caused the end of the city of
Rungholt; 25,000 to 40,000 deaths, according to some sources 100,000 deaths • 1404, November 19, first
Saint Elisabeth flood, Belgium and Netherlands, major loss of land • 1421, November 19, second
Saint Elisabeth flood, Netherlands, storm tide in combination with extreme high water in rivers due to heavy rains, 10,000 to 100,000 deaths • 1424, November 18, third
Saint Elisabeth flood, Netherlands • 1468,
Ursula flood, should have been more forceful than second Saint Elisabeth flood • 1477, first
Cosmas- and Damianus flood, Netherlands and Germany, many thousands of deaths • 1530, November 5,
St. Felix's Flood, Belgium and Netherlands, many towns disappear, more than 100,000 deaths • 1532, November 1,
All Saints flood, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, several towns disappear, many thousands of deaths • 1570, November 1,
All Saints flood, Belgium and Netherlands, several towns disappear, more than 20,000 deaths • 1571–72, unknown date, marine flooding on the Lincolnshire coast between Boston and Grimsby resulted in the loss of "all the saltcotes where the best salt was made". • 1634, October 11–12,
Burchardi flood, Germany and Denmark, broke the Island of
Strand into parts (
Nordstrand and
Pellworm) in
Nordfriesland, and also resulted in the highest recorded floods in southwestern
Jutland • 1651, February 22 in Germany, March 4–5 Netherlands, ''
St. Peter's Flood'' • 1663, December 7, The diarist
Samuel Pepys noted "the greatest tide that ever was remembered in England to have been in this river, all
Whitehall having been drowned." • 1686, November 12,
Saint Martin flood, Netherlands, 1586 deaths • 1703, December 7,
Great Storm of 1703, England, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, many thousands of deaths • 1717, December 24,
Christmas Flood of 1717, Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia, more than 14,000 deaths • 1810, November 10, In
Boston, Lincolnshire up to 10 deaths are thought to have occurred in the town due to a storm surge. • 1825, February 3–5,
February flood of 1825, Germany and Netherlands, 800 deaths • 1916, January 13–14, Zuiderland flood Netherlands, 16 casualties and ~300 km2 flooded around the
Zuiderzee this flood led to the construction of the
Afsluitdijk, creating the
IJsselmeer. • 1949, January 8, Storm disturbance in the North Sea. • 1953, January 31 – February 1,
North Sea flood of 1953, most severe in the Netherlands, leading to the
Delta Works, 2533 deaths • 1962, February 16–17,
North Sea flood of 1962, flooded one fifth of
Hamburg and claimed 315 lives • 1976, January 3–4,
Gale of January 1976 • 1978, January 11–12,
1978 North Sea storm surge, East coast of England. • 1981, November 24–25, North Frisian Flood, severe surge with dike breaches in Denmark. • 1982, December 19, the largest negative surge recorded in the North Sea coincided with a high tide, water levels dropped rapidly posing a navigational hazard. • 1993, February 21, an internal surge in the North Sea and high waves brought flooding to the
Norfolk Broads. • 1999, December 3,
Cyclone Anatol • 2007, November 8–9,
North Sea flood of 2007 (Tilo) • 2011, November 24–27,
Cyclone Berit (Xaver) and "Lille Berit" (Yoda). • 2013, October 10, east coast of England surge (Xenon), Environment Agency warning of minor flooding and disruption, tide passed without major flooding. • 2013, December 5–7, On 4 December the
Environment Agency released a warning to communities along the East Coast of England to prepare for the most serious tidal surge in 30 years, with a significant threat of
coastal flooding, associated with
Cyclone Xaver. • 2017, January 4–5, storm Axel. • 2017, January 12–13, (incl. Vidar NO). ==Recent storm tides==